<alert><identifier>17592981700001391027064</identifier><sender>LA_Louisiana_State_Police</sender><sent>2025-10-01T00:56:10-05:00</sent><status>Actual</status><msgType>Alert</msgType><scope>Public</scope><code>IPAWSv1.0</code><info><language>en-US</language><category>Safety</category><event>LSP AMBER Alert 2 Year Old Tangipahoa</event><responseType>Monitor</responseType><urgency>Immediate</urgency><severity>Extreme</severity><certainty>Observed</certainty><eventCode><valueName>SAME</valueName><value>CAE</value></eventCode><effective>2025-10-01T00:09:00-05:00</effective><onset>2025-10-01T00:09:00-05:00</onset><expires>2025-10-01T05:56:10-05:00</expires><senderName>LA_Louisiana_State_Police</senderName><headline>LSP AMBER ALERT  2 YEAR OLD TANGIPAHOA PARISH</headline><description>The Louisiana State Police has issued an AMBER Alert on behalf of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs Office for 2-year-old Christopher Cooper, who has been abducted. He was last seen on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, in a vehicle on Interstate 55-South near Kentwood, Louisiana, at approximately 9:45 p.m. LSP received the request to issue an AMBER Alert at 10:45 p.m.
 
Cooper is a black male with brown eyes and short black hair. He is 3'2" tall and weighs approximately 40-50 pounds. Cooper was last seen wearing a red shirt, black pants, and blue Crocs shoes. 

James Mercier is a white male with brown eyes and brown hair. He is 5'9" tall and weighs approximately 160 pounds. Mercier's clothing description is unknown.

Mercier and Cooper are believed to be traveling in a white 2011GMC Yukon bearing Mississippi license plate PJT070. 
 
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Mercier and Cooper is asked to immediately contact the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs (985)345-6150.</description><instruction>All questions should be directed to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriffs Office.</instruction><contact>Contact Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office - (985)345-6150 or dial 911</contact><parameter><valueName>WEAHandling</valueName><value>Amber</value></parameter><parameter><valueName>CMAMtext</valueName><value>AMBER ALERT: Tangipahoa LIC/PJT070 (MS) White GMC Yukon SUV MISSING Christopher Cooper B/M</value></parameter><parameter><valueName>CMAMlongtext</valueName><value>LSP-AMBER Alert -Tangipahoa Parish- for 2-year-old, Christopher Cooper, abducted. Last seen at 9:45 p.m. on I-55-S near Kentwood, in a white Yukon MS plate PJT070. Suspect- James Mercier, white male, 5'9", 160 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair. Cooper, 2-year-old black male, black hair, 3'2",50 pounds. Call 911 if located.</value></parameter><parameter><valueName>EAS-ORG</valueName><value>CIV</value></parameter><parameter><valueName>BLOCKCHANNEL</valueName><value>NWEM</value></parameter><area><areaDesc>STATEWIDE</areaDesc><geocode><valueName>SAME</valueName><value>022000</value></geocode></area></info><Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:ns4="http://gov.fema.ipaws.services/capresponse" xmlns:ns3="urn:oasis:names:tc:emergency:cap:1.2"><SignedInfo><CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/><SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#rsa-sha256"/><Reference URI=""><Transforms><Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/></Transforms><DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#sha256"/><DigestValue>8ROKX6Fre0CoxHUCu+lPS8wC3nCRRh9X5kOS/tninJY=</DigestValue></Reference></SignedInfo><SignatureValue>CGzXxsCa77UzHoEt+YshFjzI6d3vmoMihZb27AeCcUJOKuUruuV36uQiM6KaofERhfJCJjrfWLVP&#13;
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