MEMPHIS, TENN. — Tennessee police officials on Sunday identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer, and an intense search for the man is underway.
Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Officer Sean Bolton, 33, on Saturday night, Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said at a news conference.
Armstrong said Wilbourn was a passenger in a 2002 Mercedes Benz that was parked illegally. Bolton got out of his car and walked toward the Mercedes, Armstrong said. Wilbourn got out of the car, confronted Bolton and they got into a physical struggle, Armstrong said.
Wilbourn took out a gun and fired it, striking Bolton multiple times, Armstrong said. The officer died at a hospital.
Wilbourn and the driver then ran away, Armstrong said. The driver later turned himself in to police, but he was released without being charged.
