MEMPHIS – Tennessee police officials have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphispolice officer and they are currently searching for the man.
Police Director Toney Armstrong says twenty-nine year old Termaine Wilbourn was a passenger in a car that was being investigated by Officer Sean Bolton on Saturday night.
Armstrong says Bolton came across a 2002 Mercedes parked illegally in a neighborhood in southeast Memphis.
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.
Armstrong says the officer apparently had come upon a drug deal.