Incident

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8-01-2015 Tennessee Memphis 1-1

Location

August 01, 2015

Parkway Village
Incident Address

Incident Address

Memphis, Tennessee

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Sean Bolton
Age: 33
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Tremaine Wilbourn
Age: 32
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer killed
Drug involvement
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

OIS traffic stop officer killed. Officer interrupted drug transaction. Carjacked man at gunpoint same day.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/nation_world/memphis-police-officer-fatally-shot-during-traffic-stop/article_48c04a12-73a1-57ee-b111-5c5b4b33dcfc.html

URL: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/national/memphis-police-officer-fatally-shot-during-traffic/nnBcW/

URL: http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/29699716/memorial-for-bolton-set-up-in-neighborhood-he-was-shot

URL: http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/30759419/tremaine-wilbourn-indicted-on-armed-carjacking-charges

URL: http://wreg.com/2016/01/25/man-charged-with-killing-officer-sean-bolton-in-court-on-separate-carjacking-charges/

URL: http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/12/17/convicted-cop-killer-tremaine-wilbourn-given-additional-year-sentence-carjacking-gun/

District

Congressional District: 9
State Senate District: 33
State House District: 87