title: Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation
author:  Sari Horwitz 
description: "A good deal of new information...By the end...I was sorry to have to stop readingalways a good sign." -<i>The Washington Post<br /></i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
zlib_text: CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Screams
  
  
  became shrieks became moans became muffled crying became, eventually, awful,
  
  
  deadly silence as five women lay on the sidewalk, broken, bleeding and dying.
  
  
  The folds of their robes spread out from around them, absorbing their blood.
  
  
  The hijabs, too, absorbed their blood but, as designed, left their faces open
  
  
  and visible for the horror, pain, and disbelief displayed on them to any and
  
  
  all who looked.
  
  
  
  
  
  Rebel
  
  
  yells and shouts of “make America great again” alternated with the rapid fire
  
  
  of the AK-12 machine gun and the Makarov semi-automatic handgun, both
  
  
  Russian-made, that created the carnage on the sidewalk where a big pickup
  truck
  
  
  idled at the curb. The men in the pickup quieted when they saw the results of
  
  
  their work, saw that their objective had been accomplished.
  
  
  
  
  
  From the
  
  
  minaret of the mosque half a block away, the call to prayer that reverberated
  
  
  from the sound system was the only remaining sound in the warm Frida