Article: Virginia executes D.C. sniper; Led 2002 shooting spree; Tacoma woman, daughter witness his death by injection; his accomplice killed her niece.(News)

Byline: Christine Clarridge; Seattle Times staff reporter

Isa Nichols hadn't expected to hear John Allen Muhammad apologize before he was executed Tuesday night.

And he didn't.

Nichols, who police believe could have been the first victim of the so-called D.C. snipers had she -- instead of her niece -- opened the door to her Tacoma home in February 2002, was among those who were in Virginia on Tuesday to witness Muhammad's execution at Greensville Correctional Facility.

Prison spokesman Larry Traylor said Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. EST Tuesday and had no final words. Muhammad was executed for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a ...

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