Suspect Identified in Fatal Shooting of Memphis Police Officer:  A man under supervised release stemming from a bank robbery conviction, for which he simply paid a fine and was diverted to mental health treatment on July 7, is now wanted for first-degree murder less than a month later in the fatal shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee.  Fox News reports that 33-year-old Officer Sean Bolton, a former Marine who served in Iraq, approached in illegally parked ed a car on the street Saturday night and interrupted an illegal drug transaction.  A passenger, 29-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn, confronted the officer and shot him multiple times.  The driver of the vehicle turned himself in to the authorities on Sunday and was released without charges.  Bolton is the third Memphis officer to be fatally shot in a little over four years, "just another reminder of how dangerous the job is."  

NYPD Commissioner:  We Can't Repeat the 1970s:  NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton says that new trends in growing violence in the city "must be put in check before it's too late."  Lisa Evers of Fox 5 reports that murders in New York City have risen 10 percent, and Bratton believes it's due to a toxic marriage of criminal empowerment and a hesitant police force that feels like they are under public attack.  Over the weekend, nine people were shot and wounded at a barbecue in East New York, and a 20-year-old girl was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in a children's playground.  "We need to get this right, we can't repeat the 1970s again," urged Bratton.

Gov. Brown Allows Parole for 2^nd Chowchilla Kidnapper:  One of the three men who kidnapped 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver at gunpoint in Chowchilla, California in 1976, holding them for ransom in an underground quarry for 16 hours, will  paroled in a few days.  Henry K. Lee of SF Gate reports that 63-year-old James Shoenfeld was found eligible for parole in April after a panel of the state Board of Parole Hearings reviewed his case.  Several victims testified before the board, nine of whom argued against Shoenfeld's release. Governor Jerry Brown had the option to block parole but chose not to do so.  Of the other two kidnappers, Richard Shoenfeld, James' younger brother, was paroled in 2012 and the third, Fred Woods, has his next hearing scheduled in the fall.

Fatal Shooting Outside MS Courthouse:  A defendant waiting in a courtyard outside a criminal courthouse in Canton, Mississippi was fatally shot Monday morning, and the suspect is currently in custody.  The AP reports that the victim, Kendrick Armond Brown, was shot once in the chest as he sat with his attorney awaiting his expected court appearance on drug charges.  Prosecutors expected Brown to reject a plea offer in his case and opt for a trial.  Law enforcement officials are searching for a motive for the shooting, as Brown was not a witness or a suspect in other current criminal cases.