Missing 4-year-old boy found after two women went searching after Amber Alert

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A missing four-year-old California boy, Justin Chan, was successfully reunited with his family after two women located him shortly after an Amber Alert.

What happened: On Tuesday, the California Highway Police issued the warning around 7 p.m. local time for an abducted child Long beach. They noticed that a gray Honda The Accord vehicle was stolen with Chan inside when his parents left the car unattended and running during a delivery in the area of ​​1st Street and Linden Avenue.

Search for Chan: Two 20 year old womenReagan Dunn and Yenni Lu, happened to be in the area and decided to take it upon themselves to search for the vehicle and eventually found it on Pine Avenue with the child in the back seat.

“We got an Amber Alert on our phone and decided to start searching,” Dunn said Eyewitness News. “We started driving around, it lasted 10 minutes. Our route ended and we decided to keep looking. (Lu) was driving and I looked over. I thought, “Wait, I just saw a gray Honda Accord,” and I saw 8XP, the license plate. She turned around and we parked over there. I called 911. We ran across the street and the license plate matched.”

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The person who originally stole the car was reportedly missing. The two friends then waited with the confused but uninjured boy until the police arrived around 8 p.m

Reunited with his father: The Amber Alert has been canceled, affirmative the safe recovery of the child. footage In the scene, police officers can be seen surrounding the vehicle and Chan reunites with his father. An officer placed Chan in his father’s arms and the child appeared to tenderly touch his parents’ face, seemingly wiping away tears.

However, the search for the suspect is still ongoing.

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Mayor praises the women: Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson praised Dunn and Lu for their courage and quick action in reuniting the boy with his family.

“I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the (two) remarkable young women who discovered the vehicle from the amber in Long Beach last night,” Richardson wrote on X. “Their courage and quick action are commendable.”

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