Roll of Honor
Tenney Gatewood Jr.
Incident
Officer Tenney Gatewood was shot and killed while struggling with two suspects, a father and son, whom he had stopped on Upper Log Road near Hawley Lake.
He had responded to a burglary call of a store on the White Mountain Apache Tribe reservation in Arizona when he stopped a vehicle he believed the suspects occupied. As Officer Gatewood spoke to the father the son exited the vehicle and forced him to the ground. The father then shot him in the head.
The subjects then fled into the woods where they were arrested approximately eight hours later. Both were convicted of crimes in connection with Officer Gatewood's murder. The son was sentenced to nine years in prison and the father was sentenced to 42 years in prison.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Gatewood gave the White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Whiteriver community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Gatewood.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Officer Tenney Gatewood Jr. is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 61.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At White Mountain Apache Tribal Police Department, 3 of 3 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Tenney Gatewood Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Tenney Gatewood Jr. Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Tenney Gatewood Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
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