FCC gets thousands of complaints over Blue Alert in Texas shooting
NORTH TEXAS — North Texans understand the danger, but they are still trying to comprehend the timing of an emergency notice to cell phones about an officer's shooting in Memphis, Texas.
The Blue Alert blared through cell phones and rattled devices, startling Texans with an unplanned awakening at 5 a.m. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued the notice to find Seth Altman, wanted for the attempted capital murder of a peace officer.
"Yeah, so I was about to be up in about an hour or so," Jordan Stickler said. "Then, I heard the alert come off, and it kind of freaked me out for a second."
Stickler and many others thought the tone signaled an Amber Alert, but it was not. Brad Elmore and his wife, Audrey, have five children, including a toddler.
"He pretty much ignored it," Audrey Elmore said. "It went off on my phone, his phone, our watches, and then my daughter's phone, so I could hear it throughout the house."
