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To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense: The Matthew E. O'Neil Story

To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense: The Matthew E. O'Neil Story

By: Matthew E. O'Neil
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Matthew E. O'Neil (born March 7, 1976 Newton, Massachusetts) is a former Senior Airman in the United States Air Force that incapacitated and killed a terrorist on April 8, 2000 at 2 PM MST and was cleared by Colorado Springs Police Department. The incident occurred at a Colorado Springs, Colorado business. O'Neil was raised in Boston, Medfield, and Plymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Plymouth Public Schools from 1981 to 1994, finally graduating from Plymouth North High School ranked 47/217 in his high school class. O'Neil played youth baseball, soccer, and basketball. He then received superior instructions from top-flight boxing trainers while integrating weightlifting, running, and stretching into his boxing training. O'Neil competed as an amateur boxer in the U.S. Air Force with his positive results used as a catalyst to produce Plymouth's first NCAA Division I baseball scholarships. O'Neil coordinated with Plymouth North baseball coach Dwayne Follette to get the scholarships. That information is in the Plymouth Public Library book Everipedia Boxing Archives. Boxing trainer Kerry Pharr mentioned O'Neil on his Facebook Live podcast In Your Corner on July 14, 2025 at the 51:34 mark. O'Neil is of Irish-English ancestry.Matthew E. O'Neil
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  • To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Devonshire Square Apartments)

    To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Devonshire Square Apartments)
    Jul 22 2025
    The incident between Senior Airman O'Neil and the terrorist took place at a business located off of a side street of North Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs. O'Neil has stated that he believes that the car he was driving may have been tailed to the business. He drove a 1998 Hyundai Accent GL Sedan. O'Neil's car had 4 doors and was red. He has stated that he had never seen the terrorist before. The entire incident lasted less than 10 minutes. O'Neil lived by himself at Devonshire Square Apartments in Colorado Springs from early November 1999 to July 31, 2000.
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  • To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Khobar Towers bombing)

    To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Khobar Towers bombing)
    Jul 22 2025
    The Khobar Towers bombing was an attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dharan and nearby King Abdulaziz Air Base on June 25, 1996. At that time, Khobar Towers was being used as living quarters for coalition forces who were assigned to Operation Southern Watch, a no fly-zone operation in southern Iraq, as part of the Iraqi no-fly zones.
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  • To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

    To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
    Jul 22 2025
    As of 2021, there are nearly 45,000 active-duty troops in the Colorado Springs area. There are more than 100,000 veterans and thousands of reservists. The military and defense contractors supply more than 40% of the Pikes Peak region's economy. Colorado Springs is home to the Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, U.S. Space Command, and Space Operations Command— the largest contingent of space service military installations. They are responsible for intelligence gathering, space operations, and cyber missions.
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