A chronology of the fatal attacks on eight people in and around Washington DC. All but the most recent attack have been linked to the same gunman.
1: 1720 Wednesday 2 October
Shoot-out at Michaels craft store in the Aspen Hill area. Windows shattered, but no-one hurt.
James D Martin, aged 55, of Silver Spring is killed in a grocery store car park in Wheaton.
James ‘Sonny’ Buchanan, aged 39, of Arlington, Virginia, is killed while cutting grass at a car dealership in the White Flint area.
4: 0812 Thursday 3 October
Prenkumar Walekar, aged 54, a taxi driver from Olney is killed as he filled up with petrol at a station in the Aspen Hill area.
Sarah Ramos, aged 34, from Silver Spring is killed outside a post office in Silver Spring.
Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, aged 25, from Silver Spring is killed as she vacuums her van at a petrol station in Kensington.
Pascal Charlot, aged 72, from Washington, DC is killed while walking on a city street.
A woman is wounded when she is shot in the back in the car park of a shopping mall in Fredericksburg, Virginia, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Washington.
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