An Amber Alert buzzed phones across Los Angeles and Orange counties Tuesday night for an abducted 4-year-old boy, who was in the back seat of his parents’ idling car when someone stole it and sped away, Long Beach Police Department spokesperson Alyssa Baeza said.
After helicopters swarmed the area and law enforcement searched for several hours, the child was found, she said.
Justin Chan was abducted around 5:30 p.m. in Long Beach, according to the alert issued by the Long Beach Police Department.
By 7:30 p.m., the first alert went out to phones across Los Angeles and Orange counties. A second alert around 9 p.m. gave the all-clear.
The vehicle, a 2021 gray Honda Accord, had been seen at Linden Avenue and 1st Street.
The car was found nearby after several hours thanks to “a resident, someone who called police dispatch,” Long Beach police spokesperson Allison Gallagher said.