MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. — UPDATE 5:23 p.m.: The AMBER Alert has been canceled.
UPDATE 5:07 p.m.: The Morgan County Sheriff's Office announced via Twitter that the subjects are in custody.
UPDATE: 4:41 p.m.: An AMBER Alert was been issued for a 16-year-old girl. According to the alert, she was abducted by 36-year-old Adam Wilson. The two were last seen on foot near Prince Circle in Morgan County. The direction of travel is unknown. If you have any information on their location, you are asked to call 911.
She was last seen wearing a blue shirt and black shorts.
UPDATE 2:36 p.m.: The Morgan County Sheriff's Office said they are searching for a 40-year-old white male wearing khaki pants and a black shirt with a 16-year-old girl in a blue shirt and black pants near Prince Circle, Water Tower Loop and Hamner Road.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office is responding to a reported abduction/hostage situation on Prince Circle in Lacey's Spring.
Law enforcement officials say to avoid the area for the time being.
The WZDX News team will update this breaking story as more information becomes available.
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In Huntsville and Madison County, you can text 911 if you are in an emergency in which you can’t speak, according to Huntsville-Madison County 911 Center Director Chris Tucker.
"Just pull up the text app in your smart phone, and key in 9-1-1 in the recipient field and key in your message, always put it in the location and the nurture of your emergency and click send," Tucker says.
If possible, calling 911 should be your first choice.
Tucker said this service benefits people who are deaf, hearing or speech impaired along with people in situations where it would be unsafe to speak, such as an abduction, home invasion or domestic violence.
The service is currently only available in English and for the following carriers:
- AT&T
- Verizon
- T-Mobile
- Sprint
Additionally, Tucker said to never use abbreviations or slang and that photos, videos, emojis, attachments and group texts are not accepted by text to 911.
"We want to ensure that no matter who receives the text message, that they understand and get you the help that you need," he says.
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