Philly Boy Found, Dad Wanted In 2 Deaths: Cops

Philadelphia PA

12 April, 2021

12:44 PM

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PHILADELPHIA — The 2-year-old Philadelphia boy at the center of an Amber Alert has been found safe following a barricade situation Monday and the boy's father is a suspect in the deaths of the child's mother and grandmother. Pennsylvania State Police said at about 3:40 p.m. that Byron McDonald, 2, was found safe after he was last seen at about 1:30 p.m. Friday near 2500 North Bancroft Street in Philadelphia. Police issued the Amber Alert at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. The boy was reported to have been abducted by his father, Byron McDonald II, 28. According to NBC10, a barricade situation unfolded at the Aloft Hotel near the Philadelphia International Airport where McDonald, the boy, and a woman were found. McDonald was taken into custody as he is a suspect in the murders of the boy's mother and grandmother, Action News Reports. Fox 29 reports the red 2017 Chevrolet Malibu with a license plate reading LMD 3353 and heavily tinted black windows McDonald was driving was found behind the hotel where SWAT teams were conducting a search.