MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) –
Memphis Police are investigating a scene where a police officer has been shot in the area of Cottonwood Road and Perkins Road.The officer has been taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown. Memphis Police said the officer was conducting a traffic stop at the time and was shot by the occupant of the vehicle.
Update:
MPD Off. Sean Bolton, a Marine who served a tour of duty in Iraq, shot and killed on the streets of Memphis Saturday. pic.twitter.com/1e5nsj1xMh
— jody callahan (@jodyacallahan) August 2, 2015
R.I.P Officer Bolton and prayers for his family.
Via CNN:
A manhunt is underway for a suspect who fatally shot a police officer during a traffic stop in Tennessee, authorities said Sunday.
Memphis Police Officer Sean Bolton, 33, was shot multiple times Saturday night by a person who was in the car he pulled over, police said.
The assailant remains at large, Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph said.
A civilian used the officer’s radio to notify police about the shooting, she said.
Bolton, who joined the force in October 2010, was taken to hospital in critical condition. He later died.
This is the third time a Memphis police officer has been killed in the past four years, Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said.
“It doesn’t get any easier. This is a very difficult time, not only for me as director, but for all the officers you see standing behind me,” he told reporters early Sunday morning.