Memphis Police officer Sean Bolton killed

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A makeshift memorial rests on the sidewalk Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at the location where Memphis, Tenn., Police Officer Sean Bolton was fatally shot. Tremaine Wilbourn, the ex-con accused of killing the Memphis Police Officer turned himself into federal authorities Monday, after a two-day manhunt. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
A makeshift memorial rests on the sidewalk Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at the location where Memphis, Tenn., Police Officer Sean Bolton was fatally shot. Tremaine Wilbourn, the ex-con accused of killing the Memphis Police Officer turned himself into federal authorities Monday, after a two-day manhunt. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

An ex-convict charged with fatally shooting a Memphis police officer during a struggle told a judge Wednesday that he is indigent and he was appointed a public defender.

Tremaine Wilbourn, 29, is being held on $10 million bond on a first-degree murder charge in the Aug. 1 death of Officer Sean Bolton. During a brief court hearing, he did not enter a plea.

Police said Bolton interrupted a drug deal in a 2002 Mercedes Benz and Wilbourn got out of the car, confronted the officer, and they got into a physical struggle. Wilbourn took out a gun and shot Bolton multiple times, police said. He fled, leading to a two-day manhunt. (AP)

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