Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving a life sentence for his part in a string of sniper-rifle killings that traumatized the Washington area for three weeks in October 2002, said that he was sexually abused by his accomplice, John Allen Muhammed.

Ten years ago today, gunshots blasted through the window of a craft store in Aspen Hill, Md. For the next three weeks, the D.C. area was gripped in fear of being the Beltway snipers’ next target.