An Amber Alert has been issued for two young girls, Alana and Arya, after their mother was found fatally shot in Hanford, California. Their father, Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, is suspected of taking the girls and is considered armed and dangerous.
An Amber Alert has been issued for two young girls after their mother was found fatally shot in Hanford , California on Tuesday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., Kings County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a shooting at a residence near Fourth Place and Orchard Drive. Upon arrival, they discovered a woman deceased from a gunshot wound. The sheriff's office has identified the victim as the girls' mother.
The suspects in the shooting are the girls' father, 23-year-old Jonathan Alexis Maldonado-Cruz, and is considered armed and dangerous. Maldonado-Cruz took his daughters, 2-year-old Alana and 3-year-old Arya, from the residence before fleeing the scene. Authorities believe Maldonado-Cruz left in a grey 2020 Hyundai Elantra with California license plate number 8LZD084 around 1 a.m. on Tuesday. Alana is described as being two-foot-five, weighing 20 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. The Kings County Sheriff's Office is urging anyone with information about Maldonado-Cruz's whereabouts to contact them immediately at (559) 852-2720
AMBER ALERT MISSING CHILDREN HANFORD CALIFORNIA HOMICIDE SHOOTING FATHER SUSPECT
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