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Anthony Sean Bolton
Memphis Police Department, Tennessee

End of Watch: Saturday, August 1, 2015

MEMPHIS TENNESSEE--Police Officer Sean Bolton was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop near the intersection of Cottonwood Road and Perkins Road at approximately 9:15 pm.

Officer Bolton was shot multiple times by one of the occupants of the vehicle, who then fled the scene and remains at large. A citizen used Officer Bolton's radio to call for assistance after he was shot.

Officer Bolton was transported to Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.

Officer Bolton was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Memphis Police Department since October 2010.

Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:

Director Toney Armstrong
Memphis Police Department
Criminal Justice Complex
201 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103

via www.odmp.org