Amber Alert deactivated after 3-year-old boy located

Updated 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An Amber Alert has been deactivated after a 3-year-old boy who authorities say was taken by his mother in the Los Angeles area was located.

The California Highway Patrol issued the Amber Alert for Elias Linares Quintanilla after he was last seen Thursday morning in South L.A. with his mother Sonia Quintanilla, 38.

Authorities say they were believed to be in a gray 2008 Pontiac G6.

CHP deactivated the Amber Alert shortly after issuing it, saying the child was located.
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