Three weeks.

That’s how long Washington-area residents were living in fear of seemingly random sniper shootings in October 2002. The Beltway sniper attacks dominated the news and grew into a media frenzy that was full of speculation about the attackers’ identities, motives and even the type of car they were driving.

A new play from Pointless Theatre Company, “Forest Treás,” explores this media saturation through the lens of a fictional Washington neighborhood. Kojo talks with the show’s writer and director, as well as a photojournalist who covered the sniper attacks for The Washington Times.

Produced by Cydney Grannan