McVeigh Sentenced to Death

Date: June 13, 1997 • Location: Oklahoma City, United States

A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Timothy James McVeigh was an American convicted mass murderer and domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 people, 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 killed. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.