There are 8 article(s) tagged Tremaine Wilbourn:

• December 2018

  • Wilbourn gets 38 years added to life sentence in police killing

    Tremaine Wilbourn, convicted last month of killing Memphis police officer Sean Bolton in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, had 38 years added to his sentence Monday, Dec. 17, for other charges in the case.

    By Yolanda Jones December 17, 2018

• November 2018

  • Wilbourn sentenced to life without parole for murder of MPD officer Sean Bolton

    Memphis police officer Sean Bolton’s killer, Tremaine Wilbourn, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

    By Yolanda Jones November 06, 2018

  • Tremaine Wilbourn’s life story revealed in sentencing hearing

    Tremaine Wilbourn was born to a teen mother who, by the time he was a toddler, was on drugs and allegedly a prostitute.

    By Yolanda Jones November 05, 2018

  • Jury finds Tremaine Wilbourn guilty in death of MPD officer Sean Bolton

    Memphis Police officer Sean Bolton’s killer was headed to life in prison without the possibility of parole, until the officer’s family told prosecutors to reject this offer.

    By Yolanda Jones November 04, 2018

  • Jurors to begin deliberations Sunday in Wilbourn death penalty case

    Shelby County Prosecutor Reginald Henderson stood in the middle of the courtroom and pulled the trigger on an unloaded 9mm gun. He then pulled the trigger 10 more times.

    By Yolanda Jones November 03, 2018

  • Shelby County Medical Examiner testifies at death penalty trial

    Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot eight times last year on a Parkway Village street, and one of the bullets to his thigh pierced an artery killing him, according to Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Marco Ross.

    By Yolanda Jones November 02, 2018

  • Tremaine Wilbourn trial: Prosecutors call officers, neighbors on Day 4

    The night Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot and killed on a street in Parkway Village, Jacoba Boyd was one of the first officers to make the scene and used his paramedic training to try to save his friend’s life.

    By Yolanda Jones November 01, 2018

  • Jury hears account of police officer’s death in Wilbourn trial

    Marquis Wright was smoking a cigarette in the driveway of his uncle’s home when he saw Memphis police officer Sean Bolton struggling with a suspect and then saw that man shoot the officer.

    By Yolanda Jones November 01, 2018