DC Sniper Attacks

Victims

This page marks all the victims of the DC snipers. This page includes all victims whether they survived or passed. Each name shown is in order from when they were attacked. All shootings and dates seen occur in the year 2002.

  • James D. Martin – 55, Passed – Wheaton, MD – Oct 2
  • James L. Buchanon – 39, Passed – Rockville, MD – Oct 3
  • Premkumar Walekar – 54, Passed – Montgomery County, MD – Oct 3
  • Sarah Ramos – 34, Passed – Silver Spring, MD – Oct 3
  • Lori Ann Lewis Rivera – 25, Passed – Kensington, MD – Oct 3
  • Pascal Charlot – 72, Passed – Washington, DC – Oct 3
  • Caroline Seawell – 43, Survived – Fredericksburg, VA – Oct 4
  • Iran Brown – 13, Survived – Bowie, MD – Oct 7
  • Dean Harold Myers – 53, Passed – Manassas, VA – Oct 9
  • Kenneth Bridges – 53, Passed – Fredericksburg, VA – Oct 11
  • Linda Franklin – 47, Passed – Falls Church, VA – Oct 14
  • Jeffrey Hopper – 37, Survived – Ashland, VA – Oct 19
  • Conrad Johnson – 35, Passed – Aspen Hill, MD – Oct 22

The shooters were arrested two days later. There was a total of 13 shootings in October. Of those 13, 10 passed and 3 survived. The events that happened in October were not the only crimes committed, there were other incidents that happened across the country at different times. Some ages weren’t disclosed for this list. Also occurred in 2002 and is in order. (KYMA “Fast Facts”)

  • Keenya Cook – 21, Passed – Tacoma, WA – Feb 16
  • Jerry Taylor – 61, Passed – Tucson, AZ – Mar 19
  • John Gaeta – 58, Survived – Hammond, LA – Aug 1
  • Paul LaRuffa – 58, Survived – Clinton, MD – Sept 5
  • Rupinder Oberoi – 22, Survived – Silver Spring, MD – Sept 14
  • Muhammad Rashid – No Age, Survived – Brandywine, MD – Sept 15
  • Million Woldemariam – 41, Passed – Atlanta, GA – Sept 21
  • Claudine Parker – No Age, Passed – Montgomery, AL – Sept 21
  • Kellie Adams – No Age, Survived – Montgomery, AL – Sept 21
  • Hong Im Ballenger – 45, Passed – Baton Rouge, LA – Sept 23
  • Wright Williams Jr. – No Age, Survived – Baton Rouge, LA – Sept 26

In total for these events, there were 11 shootings in which 5 passed and 6 survived. After September 26, the shooters return to the DC metropolitan area and begin their series of shootings there on October 2nd.

In total, the shooters were responsible for 24 shootings and 15 deaths. Only 9 people survived. (KYMA “Fast Facts”)

To see a more in-depth map of all the shootings in order, navigate to the storymap tab at the top right of the page. This map shows an accurate location of where the shootings take place and the travel route that the two shooters take across the country to eventually get to the DC metropolitan area.

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