This was the first time the Blue Alert system has been used in Kansas since its authorization in 2014. The suspect, Thomas Eugene Tolbert, was apprehended in Ellis, Kansas, after the alert was issued.

Thomas Eugene Tolbert (Jackson County Sheriff's Office) Thomas Eugene Tolbert was extradited to Missouri, where Lee’s Summit officer Jared Timbrook was shot. Tolbert was found and arrested ...

Lee’s Summit Police Department Officer Jared Timbrook was shot four times Sunday after attempting to apprehend the Thomas Eugene Tolbert, the suspect in a domestic disturbance. He was released ...

Lee’s Summit Police Department Officer Jared Timbrook was shot four times Sunday after attempting to apprehend the Thomas Eugene Tolbert, the suspect in a domestic disturbance. He was released ...

Timbrook has been with the police department for approximately 18 months. Thomas Eugene Tolbert, the man suspected of shooting Timbrook, was found and arrested in Ellis, Kansas early Tuesday morning.

A Blue Alert was cancelled when 27-year-old Thomas Eugene Tolbert was found and arrested in Ellis County, Kansas, about 300 miles west of Lee’s Summit.

Thomas Eugene Tolbert, the man suspected of shooting a Lee's Summit police officer in Missouri, has been found and arrested in Kansas ...

Thomas Eugene Tolbert, the alleged suspect in the Lee's Summit police shooting, was found and arrested in Ellis, Kansas on Tuesday morning ...

The alert was canceled Tuesday morning, June 3, after Thomas Eugene Tolbert, 27, was located and apprehended in Ellis, Kansas.

A Blue Alert was canceled Tuesday morning after 27-year-old Thomas Eugene Tolbert was captured in Ellis, Kan. Tolbert was identified as a suspect in a police shooting Sunday night in Lee's Summit ...

Thomas Eugene Tolbert, 27, was found and apprehended in Ellis, Kansas.

A man who allegedly shot a Lee’s Summit police officer was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Officers found Thomas Eugene Tolbert at a hotel in Ellis, Kansas.