Terrance Yeakey
 Terrance Yeakey  (soldier, policeman, Oklahoma City bombing/Premature death) | |
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| Died | 8 May 1996 |
Cause of death | mutilation, Gunshot |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Interest of | Richard 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
"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]
