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D.C. sniper  

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  • On October 2, 2002, at approximately 5:20 p.m., the window of a Michaels craft store in Aspen Hill, Maryland, was shattered by a single bullet. This bullet continued through the store, barely missing the cashier on duty and embedding into a rear wall of the store. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; D.C. Sniper]

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