A Blue Alert has been issued for a 27-year-old man who allegedly shot a police officer multiple times, seriously injuring him, late Sunday at a Lee’s Summit apartment complex.

Police are searching for Thomas Eugene Tolbert, according to a public safety alert sent out by the Missouri Highway Patrol at approximately 8:45 a.m. Monday.

Tolbert was described as a Black man, approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing 240 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes, and was wearing a black top with a hood and black shorts. He is allegedly armed with a 10mm handgun.

The alert, which is issued when a law enforcement officer is killed or seriously injured, went to people’s phones in Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri.

Tolbert is suspected of shooting

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