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Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was remembered Thursday as a man of compassion but “bold as a lion” when it came to the community he swore to protect.

Both the suspect responsible for the shooting and the driver of the vehicle fled the scene before additional officers arrived, police said. Then Wilbourn and the driver ran away as a civilian used Bolton’s radio to notify police, authorities said. “Look at the impact...

Officer Sean Bolton saw an illegally parked auto, pulled up in front of it and shined his spotlight.

The shooting death last week of Memphis Police Officer Sean Bolton has done more than cast a pall of grief over Memphis and the Mid-South and contribute to a spate of news headlines and broadcast bulletins.

A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer in Memphis over the weekend surrendered to authorities on Monday after an extensive manhunt and being placed on the state’s most-wanted fugitives list, the sheriff’s office said.