KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities canceled an Amber Alert issued early Thursday after two girls reported abducted from a Kansas City gas station were located and safe.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation issued the Amber Alert for 8-year-old London Johnson and 4-year-old Lauren Smith. The Missouri State Highway Patrol also issued an alert in an effort to find the children.
They were reported in a 2012 Ford Fusion with Kansas license plate 232MFP.
Just before 11:30p.m., the girl's babysitter went inside a gas station at 3801 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, Kan. and left the vehicle running.
A suspect identified as black male, 5-foot-8 and approximately 250 pounds took the vehicle with the girls.
Authorities have not released detail on where the girls were found and have not reported an arrest.