How to Use Blue Alert in a Sentence
Blue Alert
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Both officers were shot, and police put out a Blue Alert for the gunman.
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Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
15 Feb. 2026
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However, a Blue Alert is issued when a suspect is believed to have seriously injured or killed a law enforcement officer and may pose an ongoing threat.
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Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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After that shooting, authorities identified a suspect vehicle and issued a Blue Alert asking the public’s helping in finding it.
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Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Missouri Highway Patrol issued a Blue Alert, releasing an image of the suspect's vehicle.
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Jessica Gorman,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The suspect in his shooting was later captured by SWAT after a Blue Alert was issued and a citizen pointed police to the man's location.
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Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
17 Feb. 2026
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After an extensive search, the suspect was located and shot by officers during a confrontation and a Blue Alert that was issued by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation was deactivated.
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Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
25 Aug. 2026
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a Blue Alert to several regions of the state Monday afternoon following the fatal shooting of a Christian County deputy.
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Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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Blue alerts were implemented nationwide in 2016, after the United States Congress passed the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act in 2015, according to the website.
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Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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