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Attorney of man questioned in MPD shooting case shines light on driver

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — WREG has just learned more about the other man who was in the car with Tremaine Wilbourn on the night he fatally shot Memphis Police Officer Sean Bolton.

WREG’s Katie Rufener sat down with Attorney Leslie Ballin, who is representing the driver of the car Wilbourn was riding in.

He refused to release his client’s name but did say he was cooperating with police.

The night of the shooting, Ballin said his client took off from the scene because there were drugs in the car.

He claimed his client didn’t know until later Officer Bolton was dead.

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