OFFICER DOWN..Woodburn Ore. www.privateofficer.com

CAPTAIN TOM TENNANT
Woodburn Police Department
Oregon

End of Watch: Friday, December 12, 2008
Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Bomb
Date of Incident: Friday, December 12, 2008
Weapon Used: Explosives; Bomb
Suspect Info: At large

Captain Tom Tennant and Senior Trooper Bill Hakim, of the Oregon State Police, were killed when a bomb detonated as they examined the device.

A bomb threat had been called into a local bank earlier in the day, but the device was determined not to pose a threat. Later in the day a second bomb threat was made to a neighboring bank. A bank employee discovered a suspicious object in bushes outside of the bank. At some point after officers responded to the scene the device was moved inside of the bank.

As Trooper Hakim, Captain Tennant, and the Woodburn police chief examined the device it detonated, fatally injuring Trooper Hakim and Captain Tennant. The police chief was critically injured.

Related Line of Duty Deaths Senior Trooper Bill Hakim
Oregon State Police, OR
EOW: Saturday, December 13, 2008
Cause of Death: Bomb

Agency Contact Information
Woodburn Police Department
1060 Mt. Hood Aveneue
Woodburn, OR 97071

Phone: (503) 982-2345

Please contact the Woodburn Police Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.