The AMBER Alert was born in 1996 when local media teamed up with local police to develop an early warning system to find abducted children following the abduction and brutal murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, of Arlington.
A statewide AMBER Alert issued for a missing 6-year-old boy from Ingram has been discontinued.
The Ingram Police Department asked for the public's help finding the boy and two people he was last seen with Wednesday.
Authorities said the boy was found, it is not clear where the child was found. Law enforcement also did not provide information on the man and woman believed to have been involved in the child’s disappearance.
TEXAS STATEWIDE ALERT PROGRAMS
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Eight kinds of alerts can be issued for missing or endangered people in Texas. Below are links to articles with more information about each type of alert.
- Active Shooter Alert
- AMBER Alert & Athena Alert
- Blue Alert
- Silver Alert
- CLEAR Alert
- Camo Alert (no longer operational)
- Endangered Missing Person Alert
- Power Outage Alert
