Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 people, including 19 children, injured 684, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. A rescue worker was killed after the bombing when debris struck his head, bringing the total to 168 killed. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
A Gulf War veteran, McVeigh became radicalized by anti-government beliefs.
