Terrance Yeakey

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Person.png Terrance Yeakey  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, policeman, Oklahoma City bombing/Premature death)
Terrance Yeakey.jpg
Died8 May 1996
Cause of death
mutilation, Gunshot
Victim ofpremature death
Interest ofRichard Booth, Jose Galison
The first policeman on the scene of the Oklahoma City bombing. Reportedly a suicide.

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

"For whatever reason, the Oklahoma City Police Dept. has always down-played Officer Terry Yeakey's presence at the Murrah Building the morning of April 19, 1995, even though a large number of Oklahoma City police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel and survivors KNOW he played a much larger role in the early rescue-effort than he's given credit for."[2]

The narrative about his death suggests that Yeakey slit his wrists and neck, then climbed a barbed wire fence and walked over a mile before shooting himself in the head.[3]

Reporting

On May 11, 1996, the New York Times ran a story with the headline “A Policeman Who Rescued 4 in Bombing Kills Himself.”[3][4]

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