It’s unclear what led to Bolton’s shooting, but the police chief highlighted the risks police officers face on the job.
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Once officers arrived on the scene, they located a MPD Officer who had been shot.
The suspect, apparently an occupant of the auto that was pulled over, was still at large late Saturday.
Officer Bolton was hired by the Memphis Police Department in October of 2010.
Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing faces charges of murder and voluntary manslaughter for shooting Samuel DuBose in the head during a traffic stop July 19.
The suspect in this shooting remains on the run.
Memphis Police said 33-year-old Police Officer Sean Bolten was shot and killed by someone in a vehicle while he conducted a traffic stop on Saturday around 9:15 p.m. Now, officers are searching for the gunman. The officer died at a hospital. No description of the suspect has been released.
An officer died Saturday night after being shot in the line of duty.
“We’ve been here before”.
“Sadly to say, we’ve been here before”, he said.
Mayor A.C. Whatrton was cited as saying this is the third killing of a law enforcement official in Memphis in over four years. It doesn’t get any easier.
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“This is a very hard time, not only for me as director, but also for all the officers standing behind me and the city as a whole”, director Toney Armstrong. “But once again, this is evidence that there are so many guns on the streets in the wrong hands”.
