On the other was a message scrawled in blue ink. On one side of the card was an image of the grim reaper astride a pale horse. "Now we're stepping over the line, because our children don't deserve this."Īt the scene of Iran's shooting, police found a shell casing and a Tarot card. Someone is so mean-spirited that they shot a child," he said as his voice cracked. Local police chief Charles Moose nearly broke down in tears as he announced the snipers' latest target. Anyone out in public walked in a zigzag or darted between cars. Petrol stations strung up tarps so customers could fill up their cars without fear of the sniper's bullet. Petrol stations in the area hung tarpaulins to protect their customers from the snipers. By October, Americans knew they were being hunted. Iran was the eighth person shot by an unknown sniper terrorising America in 2002.įrom a series of seemingly unconnected shootings that started in February, a twisted pattern had slowly emerged. "I love you," Iran whispered to his aunt as she sped him towards the nearest hospital.Īs surgeons frantically tried to repair Iran's liver, stomach and spleen, police swarmed the school car park searching for clues. With blood pouring from Iran's chest, his aunt dragged him back into her car before the sniper could shoot again. Somewhere out there in the suburbs of Maryland, an armed assailant was watching them through the scope of a long-range weapon.
It took Iran and his aunt one horrifying moment to realise he had been shot in the chest. Iran Brown was running late for class and hustling to get out of his aunt's car and into school when the shot rang out.Ĭonfused, the 13-year-old boy looked around the empty car park for the source of the booming sound, before he suddenly felt his knees give out and he collapsed to the ground.
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