Officials say a Memphis, Tennessee, officer was shot during a routine traffic stop and later died. Suspects are still at large.
A manhunt is under way Sunday after a police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Tennessee.
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong told reporters that police received a call at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday about an officer being shot in Memphis.
The officer, who was conducting a traffic stop when he was shot multiple times, died at a hospital, Armstrong said. Memphis Police Department named him as Sean Bolton, 33.
A member of the public used the officer's radio to report the shooting.
Officers found Bolton at the scene. He was was taken to a hospital in critical condition, and was later pronounced dead, the police department said.
Armstrong said police are using all available resources to find the shooter.
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.
Armstrong said officers are grieving, adding that "this is just a reminder of how dangerous" the job is. "Sadly to say, we've been here before,"
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