Terrance Yeakey
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 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
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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