sSIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sioux Falls Police say an Amber Alert issued earlier Friday has been resolved after a 1-year-old child abducted at gunpoint was recovered safely.
Shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, March 14, the Sioux Falls Police Department announced the recovery of 1-year-old Javion Bluebird. The child was unharmed.
Javion was the center of an Amber Alert issued early Friday after police say 29-year-old Lelana Sitting Up abducted him from an apartment complex in the 700 block of West 18th Street.
Police spokesman Sam Clemens said that at approximately 9:40 p.m. Thursday, Sitting Up had threatened a 66-year-old woman with a firearm. After taking custody of the child, Sitting Up and 17-year-old Tianna Bluebird left the premises, according to police.
Through the course of an investigation, authorities received a tip that Javion may be inside an apartment in the 100 block of South Summit Avenue in Sioux Falls. Due to the use of a handgun during the alleged abduction, the Sioux Falls Police Department’s SWAT and crisis negotiation teams were activated.
Inside the apartment, authorities located Tianna Bluebird as well as 22-year-old Helena Bluebird. Both were taken into custody.
Sitting Up, however, remains at-large, Clemens confirmed. She’s described as 5’3″ tall, weighing about 120 lbs. She has brown eyes, brown hair worn in a ponytail, a tattoo on the right side of her neck that reads, “No Excuses No Regrets.”
***THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM OUR PREVIOUS STORY BELOW***
SIOUX FALLS, .S.D – Early Friday morning the state of South Dakota issued an amber alert after a reported kidnapping Thursday night around 9 p.m..
Officials are saying to be on the lookout for one year old Javion Bluebird. Officials say Javion was forcibly abducted from his grandmother’s home in Sioux Falls by two women, one with a handgun.
They are believed to be driving a white early 2000s Chevrolet Impala with loud power steering. The main suspect is 29-year-old Lelana Sitting Up. She is a native woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, with brown hair and has a tattoo on her neck that says “No excuses no regrets.”
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