[MizSterious]

OU explosion timeline

Explosives carried onto OU campus

A homemade bomb exploded on the University of Oklahoma campus Oct. 1 during a football game, killing one student. The explosion touched off an intense FBI investigation and left Oklahomans wondering whether it was an individual suicide or if it was intended to be an act of terrorism targeting football fans. Oct. 1

7:30 P.M.

A bomb explodes on a bench just west of George Lynn Cross Hall, the University of Oklahoma's botany-microbiology building, during the second quarter of the OU-Kansas State University football game.

ABOUT 9:05 P.M.

Police detonate a suspicious object found near the first explosion. Investigators later determine it was not an explosive.

University officials prohibit fans from leaving the stadium at halftime. As the football game continues, exit areas are swept for explosive devices. None are found. With about six minutes left in the game, an announcement is made over the public address system warning fans to stay away from the south oval and areas just west of the stadium.

FBI agents start interviewing acquaintances and neighbors of Joel "Joe" Henry Hinrichs III, a 21-year-old OU engineering major who they have tentatively identified as the student killed in the explosion. Some of those interviewed are international students, fueling speculation that the explosion might be part of a failed terrorist attack.

OU President David Boren, who is briefed by law enforcement officials, issues a statement calling the explosion an "individual suicide." He later clarifies the statement to say it was an "individual death," since the state medical examiner has not ruled on the manner of death.

Oct. 2

FBI agents and other law enforcement officials search Hinrichs' residence in the university-owned Parkview Apartments, removing a cache of explosive material and other items.

Boren describes Hinrichs as a student who had "very serious personal problems."

The FBI releases a statement indicating its investigation is in its early stages, but the agency has "no information that suggests that there is any additional threat posed by others related to this incident."

Boren announces classes will go on Monday as scheduled.

Oct. 3

Hinrichs' father tells The Oklahoman his son was a bright, lonely child who had trouble forming relationships and suffered from depression at times. The father also reveals that, as a youth, his son had a fascination with explosives.

Oct. 4

The FBI releases a statement indicating it found "no known link between Hinrichs and any terrorist or extremist organizations or activities."

Boren announces at a news conference that OU will heighten security measures at future games.

Oct. 5

The Oklahoman confirms Hinrichs failed in an attempt to buy ammonium nitrate fertilizer from a Norman feed store the week before the explosion. Hinrichs' demeanor raised suspicions with an off-duty Norman police officer who happened to be in the store. The officer jotted down Hinrichs' car tag number and did a preliminary background check, but the explosion happened before the officer was able to file an intelligence report.

Oct. 6

Boren issues a statement to students, faculty and staff cautioning against any rush to judgment based on race, religion, gender, or ethnicity. He reiterates that law enforcement officials have so far found no evidence of a conspiracy.

Oct. 7

Officials tell The Oklahoman the FBI has completed its review of stadium surveillance tapes and found no evidence Hinrichs tried to enter.

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[MizSterious]

Ping to some more propaganda--I don't think this has been posted yet. I did a search and didn't find it.

[Hodar]

I feel sorry for the parents. They had an emotionally distrubed son; who committed suicide. If that alone weren't bad enough, he did it in a manner that got world-wide recognition; and added humiliation to the grief his parents have to suffer.

I have to give credit where it is due; his father sounds like an honorable man. He has swallowed his grief, long enough to explain the situation to the public. Not many in his situation would have the backbone he has shown.

Again, I hope and pray these parents can forgive what their son has done.

[VirginiaMom]

And the spin just spins along.

[teenyelliott]

"He was really quiet, didn't really interact with any of the other students," said Garrett Jones,

Hey, ding ding ding!! What do I win??? Look at this post :

Posted by teenyelliott to I'm ALL Right!

On News/Activism 10/05/2005 8:49:19 PM CDT · 165 of 1,428

Well, I'm sure he was just a real quiet kid who always kept to himself. No one ever imagined he'd do anything like this. (insert video of fat, toothless neighbor here)

[Chode]

at least McVeys Father didn't make excuses and try to cover up for him... i really respected him for that as much as i don't this loser.

[hershey]

Reading the article, you see a depressed young man with few friends -- exactly the type of person targeted by terrorist/Muslim groups as a possible dupe. Using Americans to destroy this country gives them the greatest satisfaction.

[penelopesire]

From the interview:

"His last e-mail to his father, Sept. 14, was about his father's offer of a Subaru to drive.

"Does the Subaru get good mileage? I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it," the younger Hinrichs wrote."

This seems a bit odd. Do people that are going to off themselves in a few days worry about their cars getting good gas mileage?

[flattorney]

OU Bombing Video: Friday, 10/7

MSNBC's Rita Cosby Interview with Joel Hinrich's Father and others - 5.50 minutes.

$-Watch Video-$

[DC Bound]

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of all the (possible) terrorism that has gone on since 9.11 that has been (possibly) covered up? The Queens flight (457?), the muslim kid who flew a small airplane into a building, this, the power outage in Ohio, Phoenix's odd explosions at power plants, etc...? Seems like every time there is an explosion, it is more important to claim it is not terrorism than to explore the facts.

Theorizing that a government is like a vast corporation, if you change the CEO, CFO, CIO, etc every few years, but leave the middle managers and low-teir employees, doesn't it take a long time to get a different result from the new leadership? Since we know with fair certainty that the Oklahoma City bombing, TWA 800, Waco, and Ruby Ridge have been covered up to a degree, doesn't it seem improbable that there have been no successful attacks since 9.11?

[js1138]

Nothing could suck worse than raising a child who combines a major mental illness with a fascination with explosives. Except perhaps having someone around to provide a justification for combining them.

[AmericanChef]

This is just the kind of kid our fine muSlum friends would take advantage of. Except not everyone agrees he was depressed.

[dynachrome]

"He wore this little green vest all the time." A little bit on the tinfoil hat side, but isn't green the color of Jihad?

[Chena]

Officials have said investigators do not believe the student was trying to get inside the stadium or had any help.

This particular sentence is interesting to me. I thought I read that Hinrichs had tried to enter the Stadium three times but wasn't allowed to enter because he refused to allow Security to search his backpack. Perhaps that was not true? If it was true, then how can these "officials" say that they do not believe Hinrichs was trying to get inside the stadium?

[bvw]

He got in trouble at the end of the eighth grade in Illinois for bringing a 3-foot metal handle to school, ... spent six weeks on house arrest, wearing an ankle bracelet, and then spent ninth grade in an alternative school.

A boy crushed by harsh middle school anti-boy policies. They hung the "L" on him, and he couldn't toss it off. Damn that policy.

[El Gato]

The FBI and OU are treating the bombing as a suicide by a troubled loner, rather than a failed terrorist attack

Then why is the search warrant for the apartment of the "troubled loner", who had a roommate BTW, sealed by a federal court?

[CJ Wolf]

[knuthom]

The FBI and OU are treating the bombing as a suicide by a troubled loner, rather than a failed terrorist attack.

The two are not mutually exclusive.