MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An ex-convict charged with fatally shooting a Memphis police officer during a struggle is scheduled to appear in Shelby County General Sessions Court on Wednesday.
Twenty-nine-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn is being held on $10 million bond on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Officer Sean Bolton on Aug. 1. It's not clear if Wilbourn has an attorney.
Wilbourn's sister, Callie Watkins, told The Associated Press last week that her brother told her during a phone conversation after the shooting but before his arrest that he was forcibly pulled out of a car by Bolton.
Police have said that Bolton approached the 2002 Mercedes Benz on foot after pulling up in his squad car and that it was parked illegally during a drug deal.
Police said Wilbourn took out a gun and shot Bolton multiple times. Bolton died at a hospital.