While many Texans are aware of what an AMBER Alert is, they often ignore a Blue Alert, assuming it to be the same as the other one.
This past Wednesday night and Thursday morning, millions of Texans received a Blue Alert, which is sent out when someone in law enforcement has been injured or killed and the suspect is on the run.
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) sent the alerts to let the public know about 34-year-old Terran Green who is accused of shooting a Harris County deputy on Wednesday. While this incident happened hundreds of miles away from Lubbock, all of Texas got the alert because the person was on the move and considered to be armed and dangerous, according to DPS.
Should an alert go out and the suspect is spotted, citizens should notify their nearest law enforcement agency or the Texas DPS.