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Manhunt continues after Memphis police officer shot dead in traffic stop | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A manhunt continued on Sunday following the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer the previous night during a traffic stop, Tennessee police officials said. | |
Memphis police director Toney Armstrong said during a news conference that police were alerted about 9.18pm on Saturday that an officer had been shot multiple times. Armstrong said the officer was transported in critical condition to a hospital, where he died. | |
In a statement on Sunday morning, Memphis police identified the officer as Sean Bolton, 33. Police also said that a civilian had used Bolton’s radio to notify police about the shooting. No further details were released. | |
Armstrong said police had not made an arrest and the suspect was on the run. He said police were using all available resources to find the shooter. | |
Armstrong said officers were grieving, adding that “this is just a reminder of how dangerous” the job is. | |
“Sadly to say, we’ve been here before,” he said. | |
Bolton is the third Memphis officer to be fatally shot in slightly more than four years. Officer Tim Warren was killed while responding to a shooting at a downtown Memphis hotel in July 2011. In December 2012, Officer Martoiya Lang was killed while serving a warrant. | |
Memphis mayor AC Wharton Jr said Bolton’s death “speaks volumes about the inherent danger of police work” and asked others to “pray for the family and pray for our city”. | |
“The men and women in blue have certain rules of engagement that they have to follow,” Wharton said, “but at any given minute in a 24-hour day they’re dealing with folks who have no rules of engagement.” |