Timothy McVeigh was 27 years old when he executed the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
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Born on April 23, 1968, McVeigh carried out this act of domestic terrorism just a few days before his 27th birthday.
The magnitude of the devastation caused by an individual in his mid-20s raised concerns and prompted deeper examinations of the motivations and circumstances that led to such an act of violence.
The Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people, including 19 children, injured 680 people, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
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Prior to the September 11 attacks, the bombing was the deadliest act of terrorism in the United States. It is still the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history.
Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrator of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, was sentenced to death for his crimes. After his conviction, he spent approximately six years on death row before his execution.
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