Authorities issued a “Blue Alert” across Texas Friday morning as they searched for a man who shot and wounded the Memphis police chief.
The Texas Department of Public Safety sent a “Blue Alert” to smartphones statewide shortly after 5 a.m. Friday for Seth Altman, 33, in the shooting of Memphis Police Chief Rex Plant. The chief was shot late Thursday when he and another officer tried to arrest Altman on a burglary charge.
Plant was listed in stable condition at a hospital in Lubbock.
Blue Alerts, similar to Amber Alerts for missing children, were created by the executive order of then-Gov. Rick Perry in 2008. They are issued at a local law enforcement agency’s request whenever an officer is killed or wounded by a suspect considered a risk to public safety, according the DPS website.
