Friends, family attend funeral for executed Washington sniper John Allen Mohammed

Published Tuesday November 17th, 2009

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BATON ROUGE, La. - Friends and relatives of executed D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad have gathered in Louisiana for his funeral.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Tim Mueller

Friends and family of executed D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad leave the New Southside Funeral Home Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 after funeral services for Muhammad in Baton Rouge, La. Muhammad was put to death last week in Virginia for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during an October 2002 shooting spree.

Muhammad was put to death last week in Virginia for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during an October 2002 shooting spree. It left 10 people dead and terrorized Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., over a three-week period.

Several dozen people attended Tuesday's funeral in Baton Rouge, Muhammad's hometown.

The funeral was closed to the news media. Family members declined to be interviewed about the service afterward.

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