2-year-old girl rescued after father kidnaps her following violent attack on mother, police say

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- A San Bernardino man is facing kidnapping charges after he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and abducted their 2-year-old daughter, police said.

According to a tweet posted by the San Bernardino Police Department, officers received a call about a domestic violence issue early Saturday morning.
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The mother of the child told officers her ex-boyfriend - 30-year-old Raymond Ornelas - broke her bedroom window and took the little girl, police said.

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"[Ornelas] proceeded to drag her across the house by her hair, hit her multiple times, and produced a handgun while threatening to kill her," police said in a statement posted on Twitter. "He soon fled the scene with their 2-year-old daughter."



With the help of a SWAT team, police quickly found Ornelas and arrested him without incident.
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The little girl wasn't injured and was returned to her mother, according to police.

Ornelas is now being held on multiple charges including burglary, domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping.