A 3-year-old kidnapped in Sacramento was found safe and sound in the Bay Area
The California Highway Patrol activated the Amber Alert for the kidnapping of Leo Norvell.
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A 3-year-old boy who was abducted Friday in Sacramento was found safe and sound Saturday in the Bay Area .
The authorities had issued an Amber Alert for the kidnapping of 3-year-old Leo Norvell , which concerned residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Amber Alert deactivated after 3-year-old abducted in Sacramento found | Updates – Leo Norvell was taken by Joshua Yago after his mother and another man were shot on Friday, according to the Sacramento police. https://t.co/ 28 lzapjxWq via @ ABC 09
Surveillance video shows the moments 3-year-old Leo Norvell was abducted Friday in Sacramento. The suspect is accused of shooting the child’s mother and another man in the Tahoe Park area. Authorities are still searching for the pair. More at: https://t.co/8vkwmuB2Hy pic.twitter.com/sMO966 uGvC
It was a second Alert Amber, which aired in the region in a week, after a woman stole a truck with a one-year-old girl in it on Thursday night, in front of a Mexican restaurant in the town of Pittsburg, Contra Costa. .
On Friday afternoon, Sacramento Police responded to an assault call to the Tahoe Park area and found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds .
The suspect was identified as Joshua Yago, from 30 years , who fled the scene in the car of the injured woman and with the victim’s child, Leo Norvell , 3 years old.
The vehicle in which the suspect escaped was reported to be a BMW 2011 gray color with 6NTU registration 367.
Details were given about the man who was also injured when Iago kidnapped the minor.
At approximately 3 am, the California Highway Patrol disabled the Amber Alert after Hayward, Alameda County police officers located the minor and Yago .
“Norvell is safe and in good health. We are coordinating the reunification of Norvell with his family, ”Sacramento police reported.
UPDATE: Both Yago and Norvell were located together earlier this morning in Hayward by the Hayward Police Department . The Amber Alert has been canceled and Norvell is safe and in good health. Efforts are being coordinated to reunite Norvell with his family. https://t.co/SicJsQZbnl
Allegedly, the injured woman and Yago have previously known each other, but the authorities did not give further details about this alleged relationship .
Yago is in police custody and will be charged with kidnapping and attempted murder .
The police authorities keep the investigation open on this case.
