Missouri

Southern Missouri Amber Alert canceled after child returned to law enforcement

By Matt Ragsdale

April 16, 2021 4:22 PM

Published April 16, 2021 2:44 PM

UPDATE - According to social media, the Amber alert for the missing child from Ava was returned safely to law enforcement by the suspect.

AMBER ALERT 2021-6 CANCELLED: CHILD WAS RETURNED SAFE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE SUSPECT. pic.twitter.com/ifpxg8VgMo
— Missouri State Highway Patrol Alerts (@MSHPAlerts) April 16, 2021

AVA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert Friday afternoon a 5-year-old was forcibly taken from his home in southern Missouri.

Troopers say a 53-year-old man took his son from a residence in Ava.

The alert said the man went to the home, assaulted the child's mother and fired a gun when he took child.

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