Crime & Safety

Amber Alert: Two Children Found Safe

A 3-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy taken at gunpoint following an altercation.

By Liz Taurasi

Update: 8 a.m. the missing children have been found safe. 

Pennsylvania State Police have issued an Amber Alert for two children from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and officials say they may be headed toward Massachusetts. 

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Thursday night at approximately 7:30 p.m., a 3-year-old girl, Erielys Ahorrio and a John Ahorrio, a 4-year-old boy were abducted from a home on Almanac Avenue in Lancaster City.

Police say they were abducted at gunpoint by two Hispanic males: Eddie Ahorrio Jr 23, and Eddie Ahorrio  Sr, 47. The abduction followed an altercation. 

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Officials say the two men fled the area in a black Nissan Altima with Pennsylvania Registration JJG-8170. It is believed they may be travelling to Massachusetts.



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