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Blue Alert Issued After Officer Shot in Scottsboro, Alabama
Multi-agency manhunt underway for suspect considered armed and dangerous after officer wounded
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✍️By ZRIntel Editorial Team📍Scottsboro, Alabama
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. Law enforcement in Northeast Alabama is actively searching for 29-year-old Daniel Victor McCarn, who is considered armed and dangerous following an officer-involved shooting early Saturday morning. According to the Scottsboro Police Department, the incident began as a domestic call and escalated into a vehicle chase and gunfire after the suspect crashed his car and opened fire on officers. One SPD officer was shot and transported to Huntsville Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A statewide Blue Alert has been issued. Multiple local and federal agenciesincluding the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and ATFare assisting in the manhunt. Businesses and nursing centers in the area have gone into temporary lockdown, and local schools are warning residents to avoid the vicinity. Highway 72 was temporarily closed but has since reopened.