Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Tom Tennant and Senior Trooper Bill Hakim, of the Oregon State Police, were killed when a bomb detonated as they examined the device at a bank branch in the 2500 block of Oregon 214.
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 the bushes outside of the bank. At some point after officers responded to the scene the device was moved inside 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.
Both suspects, a father and son team, were apprehended, convicted, and sentenced to death.
Captain Tennant had served in law enforcement for 28 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and son.
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28 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Tennant gave the Woodburn Police Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Woodburn community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Tennant.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Thomas Paul Tennant is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OR, 115 of 197 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58.4% of this state's fallen. That is 4.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Paul Tennant's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Paul Tennant Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to death
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Paul Tennant is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Thomas Paul Tennant was killed by explosives; bomb.