MEMPHIS Tenn (August 3, 2015) – The 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.
Tremain Wilbourn, 29, was accompanied by his family when he arrived at the federal building in Memphis, the U.S. attorney’s office
“I think he felt the walls closing in and thought it would be in his best interest to turn himself in,” Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said at an evening news conference.
Wilbourn is accused of killing Officer Sean Bolton, 33, during what started out as a simple traffic stop Saturday night, Armstrong had said. Bolton had stopped to examine a vehicle parked illegally in a South Memphis neighborhood but apparently interrupted a drug deal. Wilbourn was in the passenger seat and, after “some type of physical altercation,” he drew a gun and shot Bolton, Armstrong said.
Wilbourn had been free on supervised release for a 122-month bank robbery sentence, now faces a first-degree murder charge. He is due in court Tuesday.
