Case Study 2: 1995 OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING 1
1995 Oklahoma City Bombing
Angel L. Roman
Strayer University
CRJ 440
Dr. Rodney S. Jones
March 2, 2014
1995 OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING 2
In April 19, 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at approximately 9:00 a. m., there was a
terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that it heavily damage the building and
it killed a total of 168 people, including 19 children and more than 500 people were injured. This
attack remained one of the deadliest attacks till the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on
September 11, 2001. First after all the chaos, it was believed that this terrorist attack came from a
Middle Easter terrorist group. But while the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating
the attack, two days later an American, Timothy McVeigh, was identified as the perpetrator who
attacked the federal building. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2014), on April
20, the rear axle of the Ryder truck was located, which yielded a vehicle identification number
that was traced to a body shop in Junction City, Kansas. Employees at the shop helped the FBI
quickly put together a composite drawing of the man who had rented the van. Agents showed the
