Early Friday morning, cellphones across Texas buzzed with emergency notifications as a Blue Alert was issued, waking many residents and sparking frustration on social media. The alert was triggered by a manhunt for Seth Altman, a suspect accused of seriously injuring a police officer in Hall County. In a separate incident, the Memphis police chief was shot multiple times, prompting another Blue Alert for an armed and dangerous individual linked to that case. Residents reacted with anger over the timing and nature of the alerts, questioning the necessity of waking them in the early hours of the morning.