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Timothy McVeigh
Sign in to saveAlso known as Timothy James McVeigh, Timmy McVeghe [plausible misspelling], Timmy McVey [plausible misspelling]
American domestic anti-government terrorist (1968–2001)
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Timothy James McVeigh was a United States citizen who served as a Sergeant in the United States Army. He participated in the Gulf War and received the Bronze Star Medal. McVeigh was also employed as a security guard. He was convicted of murder and identified as a terrorist.
McVeigh was associated with the Oklahoma City bombing. He was detained at the United States Penitentiary, Florence ADMAX, and died on June 11, 2001, at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute. His manner of death was capital punishment by lethal injection. Born on April 23, 1968, in Lockport, New York, he practiced Catholicism.
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Acting · Lockport, New York, USA
Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who perpetrated the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people (19 of whom were children), injured 680, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. It remains one of the deadliest acts of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
Known for
- An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th — Self (archive footage)2024
- Ku Klux Klan: An American Story — Self - Oklahoma City Bombing Defendant (archive footage)2020
- Oklahoma City — Self (archive footage)2017
- A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2012
- The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist — Self (archive footage)2010
- Seconds from Disaster — Self (archival footage)2005
- Eye for an Eye: A KMBC 9 News Special2001
- The Secret Rulers of the World — Self (archive footage)2001
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 100
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research
· 1989 · cited 29,222x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,914x
- Advances in functional and structural MR image analysis and implementation as FSL
· 2004 · cited 12,491x
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Quotes
- “ATF, all you tyrannical people will swing in the wind one day for your treasonous actions against the Constitution of the United States. Remember the Nuremberg War Trials.”
- “Being face to face with these people, you realize, they're just people like you.”
- “Think of it this way. When I was in the Army, you didn't see me for years. Think of me that way now, like I'm away in the Army again, on an assignment for the military.”
- “Crime is so out of control. Criminals have no fear of punishment. Prisons are overcrowded so they know they will not be imprisoned long. This breeds more crime, in an escalating cyclic pattern.”
- “Taxes are a joke. Regardless of what a political candidate 'promises', they will increase. More taxes are always the answer to government mismanagement. They mess up. We suffer. Taxes are reaching cataclysmic levels, with no slowdown in sight.”
- “The 'American Dream' of the middle class has all but disappeared, substituted with people struggling just to buy next week's groceries. Heaven forbid the car breaks down!”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-04-23 ) April 23, 1968, Lockport, New York , U.S.
- Died
- June 11, 2001 (2001-06-11) (aged 33), USP Terre Haute , Indiana, U.S.
- Other names
- Tim Tuttle , Daryl Bridges , Robert Kling
- Occupations
- Soldier, security guard
- Known for
- Oklahoma City bombing
- Criminal status
- Executed by lethal injection
- Motive
- Anti-government sentiment Retaliation for the Ruby Ridge , Waco siege , other government raids, U.S. foreign policy , Federal Assault Weapons Ban and civilian casualties from U.S. military attacks in foreign countries
- Convictions
- First degree murder of a federal employee (8 counts) Use of a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death Destruction by explosives resulting in death
- Criminal penalty
- Death (August 1997)
- Killed
- 168–169 167–168 direct 1 indirect
- Weapon
- Ammonium nitrate and nitromethane truck bomb
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Service years
- 1988–1991
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Conflicts
- Gulf War
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Encyclopedic overview
Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 or 168 people (including 19 children), injured 684 people, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. A rescue worker was killed after the bombing when debris struck her head, bringing the total to 168–169 killed. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
A Gulf War veteran, McVeigh became radicalized by antigovernment beliefs. He sought revenge against the United States federal government for the 1993 Waco siege, as well as the 1992 Ruby Ridge incident. McVeigh expressed particular disapproval of federal agencies such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for their handling of issues regarding private citizens. He hoped to inspire a revolution against the federal government, and he defended the bombing as a legitimate tactic against what he saw as a tyrannical government. He was arrested shortly after the bombing and indicted on 160 state offenses and 11 federal offenses, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction. He was found guilty on all counts in 1997 and sentenced to death.
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