If there’s any person who can sympathize with the parents of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin it’s Bill McVeigh. McVeigh is the father of 1995 Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Timothy McVeigh spoke to USA TODAY 10 months after his arrest for detonating a 4,800-pound bomb on the doorstep of the Oklahoma City federal building.

Timothy McVeigh in custody for another crime during hunt for bomber. Charlie Hanger, then an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper, pulled over McVeigh shortly after the bombing.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thirty years ago this week, this community was caught up in a terrible act of mass murder that occurred over 1,000 miles away in Oklahoma City. The identification of Timothy ...

Timothy McVeigh, shown here after his arrest, was convicted and executed for the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. John Gaps III/AP Photos.