on august 10th, 11 criminal counts, including eight counts of murder. that figure is based upon the number of federal law enforcement officials killed in the blast. on april 24th, 1997, two years after the bombing mcveigh s trial begins in denver, colorado. the prosecution presents first and lays out a timeline of events that led up to the bombing. by mid 1994 mcveigh and nichols, along with their army friend michael fortier were ready to put their plan into action. mcveigh decided the most effective weapon would be a truck bomb. in september 1994 mcveigh and nichols begin stockpiling ammonium night rate, a fertilizer often used in truck bombs.
on august 10th, 11 criminal counts, including eight counts of murder. that figure is based upon the number of federal law enforcement officials killed in the blast. on april 24th, 1997, two years after the bombing mcveigh s trial begins in denver, colorado. the prosecution presents first and lays out a timeline of events that led up to the bombing. by mid 1994 mcveigh and nichols, along with their army friend michael fortier were ready to put their plan into action. mcveigh decided the most effective weapon would be a truck bomb. in september 1994 mcveigh and
up. i could see a bulge under his left arm that appeared to me to be a weapon, and i grabbed the bulge on the outside of his jacket and instructed him to get his hands up, turn around. at the same time i was drawing my weapon and stuck it to the back of his head. he said my weapon is loaded. i nudged him a little bit with the barrel of my weapon. i said, well, so is mine. hanger arrests mcveigh for carrying a consealed weapon. never imaging that his prisoner is the oklahoma city bomber. initially the name mcveigh means nothing to bombing investigators. they re looking for robert kling, the man who rented the ryder truck in junction city, kansas. it seems hard to believe that all this destruction is the work of only two men. the next day armed with sketches of kling and a suspected companion, law
up. i could see a bulge under his left arm that appeared to me to be a weapon, and i grabbed the bulge on the outside of his jacket and instructed him to get his hands up, turn around. at the same time i was drawing my weapon and stuck it to the back of his head. he said my weapon is loaded. i nudged him a little bit with the barrel of my weapon. i said, well, so is mine. hanger arrests mcveigh for carrying a consealed weapon. never imaging that his prisoner is the oklahoma city bomber. initially the name mcveigh means nothing to bombing investigators. they re looking for robert kling, the man who rented the ryder truck in junction city, kansas. it seems hard to believe that all this destruction is the work of only two men. the next day armed with sketches of kling and a suspected companion, law enforcement officers canvas the entire area. one agent was assigned the dream land motel, and when he walked in and talked to the
search effort to find bodies. . 90 minutes from the blast it was attorney general think mcveigh. when he got out, it was ae man that had a military type appearance, had a short haircut. he also had a light windbreaker jacket on, and it was zipped up just slightly, but as he was removing his bill fold from his pocket that, jacket tightened up. i could see a bulge under his left arm that appeared to me to be a weapon, and i grabbed the bulge on the outside of his jacket and instructed him to get his hands up, turn around. at the same time i was drawing my weapon and stuck it to the back of his head. he said my weapon is loaded. i nudged him a little bit with the barrel of my weapon. i said, well, so is mine.