Amber Alert: 16-Year-Old Boy Abducted By Armed, Dangerous Woman, Police Say

Amber Alert: Be on the lookout, Orange County and Los Angeles County drivers. An Amber Alert was in effect Friday for missing 16-year-old boy reportedly abducted by an armed 31-year-old woman.

On Friday, authorities reached out to the public to find the boy and the woman who allegedly carjacked a vehicle from the teen's mother at gunpoint in Los Angeles, triggering an Amber Alert.

Eric Coleman was inside a car that police say was taken by 31-year-old Kandice Johnson around 4 p.m. Thursday at 47th and Figueroa streets, Los Angeles Police said.

Freeway signs across San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County and Orange County were lit up Friday for a black 2014 Toyota Camry.

The California Highway Patrol reported that Kandice Johnson abducted Coleman around 4 p.m. Thursday.

"The (mother) told the officers that she wasn't sure if the suspect actually knew that there was a child in the car because the windows are tinted very dark on the back," Los Angeles police Detective Meghan Aguilar told ABC7 late Friday morning. "So we're still not sure what her intention was, although at this time we believe her intention was to steal the car and not kidnap the child that was in the vehicle."

Coleman's mother and Johnson know one another, said Los Angeles police Detective Meghan Aguilar. The women are not relatives, Aguilar said.

Johnson was last seen driving a black 2014 Toyota Camry, California license plate No. 7XWL023.

Coleman is black, 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Johnson is black, 5 feet 3 inches, 147 pounds, with red, green and black multi-colored braids.

The Amber Alert was issued for Los Angeles and Orange counties, the CHP said. Anyone who sees the victim, suspect or the Camry vehicle is urged to call 911 immediately.

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