VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Jurors in the murder trial of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad began deliberations Friday but went home for the weekend after meeting for about four hours.

The jury sent one question to Prince William Circuit Judge LeRoy F. Millette Jr., asking if they could have a tape recorder to review evidence on a 911 tape. Millette granted the request, but a tape player could not be found by the time the jury went home at 1 p.m.

Several 911 phone calls were played during four weeks of testimony, including panicked calls made by victims, their relatives and witnesses just minutes after shootings.

Muhammad is charged with the Oct. 9, 2002, slaying of Dean Harold Meyers in Manassas, but prosecutors chronicled sniper shootings dating back to September 2002 to fit the crime into the two death penalty charges he faces.

Fellow suspect Lee Boyd Malvo, 18, is on trial in nearby Chesapeake for the Oct. 14, 2002, slaying of Linda Franklin. Prosecutors are expected to start their case against Malvo on Monday after a one-day recess Friday.

The jury of seven women and five men in the Muhammad case will resume deliberations Monday morning.

If Muhammad is convicted, the jury will meet again to determine his sentence. Both sniper suspects face the death penalty.

Millette said he hoped the case could be finished in the next two weeks.

"If we could get this thing done by Thanksgiving, I'd appreciate it," he said. "I think the jurors would too."