Amber Alert deactivated after Southern California 3-year-old located, CHP says

An Amber Alert has been deactivated after a Southern California 3-year-old was located on Tuesday morning. 

The California Highway Patrol posted on X that the child had been located, but did not immediately provide details surrounding how or where he was found. 

The CHP initially issued the Amber Alert on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday night after 3-year-old Messiah Evans was last seen near 66th Street and Normandie Avenue with 38-year-old Joshua Pendleton.

The LAPD believed there was an altercation between Pendleton and the mother of the Evans. They claim that Pendleton got into the mother's car and drove off with Evans inside.