Man at the center of statewide Blue Alert arrested in Fort Worth

Seth Michael Altman, the man at the center of one Blue Alert for the entire country was arrested earlier this month Friday afternoon in Fort Worth.

Fort Worth police arrested Altman in the 1300 block of East Lancaster Avenue just before 5 p.m., according to a department X-post. Altman, 33, is accused of shooting and wounding Rex Plant, the police chief of Memphis, Texas, while the chief and another officer were trying to serve an arrest warrant for burglary.

Early on the morning of October 4, Texans across the state were awakened by a Blue Alert for Altman, who police said had shot Plant and left the scene the night before. After the shooting, Altman was added to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s list of the ten most wanted fugitives.

According to TV news stations in the Amarillo area, Plant was released from the hospital shortly after the shooting.

The warning was canceled on October 16although it remains unclear why authorities withdrew the warning.

Memphis is a small town in the Texas Panhandle, southeast of Amarillo and 280 miles from Dallas.

The arrest occurred without incident on Friday, according to Fort Worth police. Altman was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of attempted murder of a peace officer. His bail had not yet been set as of Friday evening.