OKLAHOMA

On April 19,1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma was bombed. The explosion killed 149 adults and 19 and injured at least 500 people. Timothy McVeigh, a former U.S. Army sergeant, who was a 27-year-old white male, was the prime suspect for the bombing. McVeigh offered few reasons as to why he bombed the federal building. It is believed he did it out of revenge for the government’s attack on Waco, Rudy Ridge in 1992, and the new enforced guns laws. The Oklahoma City bombing took place on the two-year anniversary of the Waco tragedy, and it is believed the order for the assault on Waco was issued at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and is one of the reasons that building was chosen.
On April 19, 1995, McVeigh was arrested for speeding, driving without a license and carrying a concealed weapon. He was later arraigned and charged with conspiracy and the murders of the Oklahoma City bombing. McVeigh did not act alone, Terry Nichols, the other man who was involv...