Memphis Police Officer Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop; Suspect on the Run (UPDATE: Officer Identified)

UPDATE 7:28 a.m.: A local news report with the latest information:

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UPDATE 7:05 a.m.: (TheBlaze/AP) — In a statement Sunday morning, Memphis Police identified the slain officer as 33-year-old Sean Bolton.

Bolton is the third Memphis officer to be fatally shot in slightly more than four years. Officer Tim Warren was killed while responding to a shooting at a downtown Memphis hotel in July 2011. In December 2012, Officer Martoiya Lang was killed while serving a warrant.

Original story below

A suspect who fatally shot a Memphis, Tennessee, police officer during an apparent traffic stop is still on the loose, police director Toney Armstrong said Saturday night.

Armstrong said the officer — who hasn't been named yet — was shot multiple times by the person in the stopped vehicle, taken to a hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead.

The 9:18 p.m. call came in from a citizen who used a police radio, Armstrong said, according to WMC-TV.

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton remarked that there are "so many guns on our streets in the wrong hands, that's the key," adding that criminals have "no rules of engagement."

Police haven't released a description of the gunman.

WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee

This is breaking news; updates will be added.

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