Terrance Yeakey

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Person.png Terrance YeakeyRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, policeman, Oklahoma City bombing/Premature death)
Died8 May 1996
Victim ofpremature death
Interest ofRichard Booth, Jose Galison

Sergeant Terrance Yeakey, of the Oklahoma City Police Department, was the first officer on the scene[1] of the Oklahoma City bombing, which occurred on April 19, 1995.

A video by James Corbett

Official narrative

Yeakey slit his wrists and neck, then climbed a barbed wire fence and walked over a mile before shooting himself in the head.[2]

Reporting

On May 11, 1996, the New York Times ran a story with the headline “A Policeman Who Rescued 4 in Bombing Kills Himself.”[2]

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