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Officer Sean Bolton<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: Memphis Police Department via AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The U.S. Marshal’s Service had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Wilbourn’s arrest. The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal quoted Memphis Mayor A. C. Wharton as saying he would ask the city council to match that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier, Armstrong said a member of the public called dispatch at 9:18 p.m. CT Saturday, using Bolton’s radio to report that the officer had been shot multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Please hurry up, he’s shot!” the male voice says into the radio. Officers quickly arrived at the scene, and another desperate, excited voice can be heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Call the ambulance, 275, call the ambulance!” an officer says. Bolton was rushed to Regional Medical Center in critical condition but was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Armstrong said the driver turned himself in to police on Sunday. He was released without being charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bolton, who joined the force in 2010, served as a rifleman in the Marine Corps Reserve from 2004 to 2012. He deployed to Iraq for eight months from 2007 to 2008, according to Marine Corps officials.\u00a0He studied political science at the University of Memphis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It’s a difficult time for all the officers,” Armstrong said. “And difficult time for the city, as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July 2011, Memphis Officer Tim Warren was killed while responding to a shooting. In December 2012, Officer Martoiya Lang was killed while serving a warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is my third time in four years, and it doesn’t get any easier,” Armstrong said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contributing: Michael Winter of USA Today and Matthew L. Schehl of Marine Corps Times<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The emotional manhunt for a paroled bank robber suspected of fatally shooting a Memphis police officer ended Monday evening when the suspect surrendered to the U.S. Marshal’s office, local and federal authorities announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":49705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2630,686],"class_list":["post-22739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-marine-corps"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"S5NOUHRWAFC7ZMXIWPGI62QMYE","arc_canonical_url":"\/2015\/08\/03\/memphis-cop-killing-suspect-surrenders\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n