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Police Officer II

Sean Michael Bolton

Memphis Police Department — Memphis, TN

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 1, 2015

Age 33

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 9 mo

Badge 5333

The Vigil Panel 164 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 93

Incident

Police Officer II Sean Bolton was shot and killed when he interrupted a drug deal near the intersection of Cottonwood and Perkins Roads at approximately 9:15 pm.

Officer Bolton observed an illegally parked vehicle near the intersection occupied by multiple people. As he approached the vehicle, he was shot several times by one of the occupants, who then fled the scene. A citizen used Officer Bolton's radio to call for assistance after he was shot. Officer Bolton's firearm was still secured in his holster.

He was transported to Regional Medical Center, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The subject who murdered him turned himself in on August 3rd, 2015. He was found guilty of first-degree murder on November 4th, 2018, and was sentenced to life without parole. 38 years was added to his sentence for carjacking and gun charges.

Officer Bolton was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and served with the Memphis Police Department for over four years.

GOD Bless you and your family !

Ret PO Mortimer Keane NYPD June 26th, 2024

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer II Bolton gave the Memphis Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Memphis community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Memphis Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Memphis, Shelby County, TN

Platform Identity mpd.shelby.tn.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 1, 2015

Tour of Duty 4 yrs 9 mo

Age 33

Badge Number 5333

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Military Service

Sean Michael Bolton served in the U.S. Marine Corps (2004) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer II Sean Michael Bolton is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In TN, 498 of 769 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 64.8% of this state's fallen. That is 64.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Memphis Police Department, 53 of 94 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56.4% of this agency's fallen.

Memphis Police Department

of 94 officers

56.4% Felonious

TN — Statewide

498

of 769 officers

64.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious