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Timothy McVeigh
Born Timothy James McVeigh , raised by his father William McVeigh in Pendleton , New York -
Military Life
Graduated from the Army at the age 20 from US Army Infrantry School at Fort Benning -
Military pt.2
Receives an honorable discharge from the army. -
Storage Unit
Rents a storage unit in Herrington, Kansas , where he uses it to store the explosive ingredients. -
Explosives
Buys first ton of ammonium nitrate , which was the key ingredient in his bombs -
Dynamite
Steals dynamite and blasting caps from a quarry near Marion, Kansas -
Nitromethane
spends nearly $3,000 and Nitromethane , racing fluid used in bomb construction. -
Explosion
- Drives his Ryder's truck up NW 5th St. shortly before 9:00 a.m. and lights 2 bomb fuses
- Parked and locked his truck in front of Murrah Federal Building
- 9:02 a.m. truck explodes
- 167 people died ; over 500 were injured.
- was arrested for driving without vehicle registration , no license plate , and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit
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Terry Nichols
Nichols is charged in connection with the bombing. -
Grand Jury
A grand jury indicts McVeigh and Nichols on murder and conspiracy charges. -
Trial
Jury selection begins in the McVeigh trial -
Conviction
McVeigh is convicted in all 11 counts of criminal activity -
Death Penalty
Jury unanimously decides that McVeigh should be sentenced to death. -
Life
Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison. -
Execution
- McVeigh is executed in front of survivors and relatives of victims.
- pronounced dead at 7:14 a.m.
