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2 kids taken with stolen vehicle found safe, reports say

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Update 10:34: Police say two young children whose mother says they were in a car that was stolen from a Michigan gas station have been found safe.

An Amber Alert was issued for the 2-year-old girl and a baby boy after their mother said they were taken about 7 a.m. Wednesday from a gas station in the Flint-area community of Burton.

Police at a news conference say the children and car were found a few hours later in Flint and the children were reunited with their mother. They say they're seeking a man suspected of stealing the car.

Before the children were found WNEM-TV interviewed the mother. She says she went inside to buy cigarettes and a lighter while the children were in the backseat and saw the abduction.

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Update 10:05: WXYZ in Detroit is reporting that the children have been found safe in Flint-area.

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An AMBER Alert has been has been issued in Michigan for two kids.

2-year-old Arinna Buning and baby Lincoln Buning were in the back seat of a vehicle when it was stolen from 4232 S. Saginaw in Burton, MI.  

The suspect is a 5'10" black male, weighing approximately 300 pounds. 

The stolen vehicle is a 2000 Blue Monte Carlo with a Michigan license plate: DKZ4121. The vehicle is suspected of traveling East on Schumacher Street.

If you have any information or can report a sighting, please call (810)-742-2542 or 911.