McLean, VA (January 14, 2025) - On April 19, 1995, a terrorist bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building killed 168 people and injured 680 others. Eight of those who died that day were Federal agents based out of the Murrah Building. It was the deadliest day in Federal law enforcement history. Timothy McVeigh, an anti-government extremist and the mastermind of the bombing, was sentenced to death and executed in 2001. Accomplice Terry Nichols was sentenced to life without parole, and another accomplice, Michael Fortier, received a 12-year prison sentence. Of the agents who died, four of them worked for the U.S. Secret Service: Alan Whicher, Mickey Maroney, Cynthia Campbell Brown, and Donald Leonard. Two of them worked for the U.S. Customs Service: Paul Ice, and Claude Medearis. Paul Broxterman served with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Kenneth McCullough was a Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Listen to the podcast to learn more about these fallen law enforcement heroes.
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