MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Tennessee police officials have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer and they are currently searching for the man.
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Police Director Toney Armstrong says twenty-nine year old Tremaine Wilbourn was a passenger in a car that was being investigated by Officer Sean Bolton on Saturday night.Β
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Armstrong says Bolton came across a 2002 Mercedes parked illegally in a neighborhood in southeast Memphis.
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He says Bolton shined his squad car’s spotlight into the car and Wilbourn got out of the car and scuffled with Bolton before shooting him.
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Armstrong says the officer apparently had come upon a drug deal.Β
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Armstrong says the U.S. Marshal’s office has offered to help in the search of Wilbourn, whom he says is armed and dangerous.
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He says Wilbourn is on supervised release after serving a federal sentence for robbery.Β
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