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Police: Amber Alert canceled for missing KC teen after circumstances change

Brajaean Sledge has been missing since Thursday evening

Police: Amber Alert canceled for missing KC teen after circumstances change

Brajaean Sledge has been missing since Thursday evening

WEBVTT KRIS: OUR MATT EVANS HAS THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH FOR THE 15-YEAR-OLD. MATT. MATT: JUST ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER THAT AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED, KANSAS CITY POLICE HAVE DECIDED TO CANCEL THE ALERT. HOWEVER, THEY SAY THAT SHE IS STILL MISSING AND THAT SHE IS STILL IN DANGER. SHE WAS REPORTEDLY ABDUCTED LAST NIGHT OFF 27TH AND HIM WOULD. POLICE INITIALLY CALLED HERE ON A SHOOTING AT ABOUT 5:00 IN THE EVENING YESTERDAY. WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY DISCOVERED HER GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN SHOT. SOMEONE POLICE SAY, WENT INSIDE AND SHUT THE GRANDFATHER AND TOOK OFF IN HIS CAR. IT WAS A 2017 KIA FORTE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURE. SHE IS 15 YEARS OLD. SHE IS BELIEVED TO BE IN DANGER. THEY JUST PUT THIS IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THIS NEWSCAST BEGAN. ALSO, NOW THEY BEGAN -- BELIEVE SHE IS IN THE CUSTODY OF A PERSON AND INTEREST. ACTUALLY, PICTURED WITH SLUDGE AND A PICTURE APPEARED HE IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN SEVERAL CRIMES INCLUDING THIS INCIDENT. POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL VERY CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ON THE LOOKOUT. AGAIN, THAT AMBER ALERT WAS CANCELED JUST MOMENTS AGO AND POLICE SAY THAT 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS BEEN MISSING FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS. SHE IS S
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Police: Amber Alert canceled for missing KC teen after circumstances change

Brajaean Sledge has been missing since Thursday evening

An Amber Alert for a 15-year-old Kansas City girl was canceled Friday after police said circumstances of her disappearance changed.Brajaean Sledge disappeared Thursday evening after police were called to her grandfather's home in the 2700 block of Elmwood Street on a reported shooting. Officers discovered Sledge's grandfather had been shot.Sledge's grandfather is in serious but stable condition at a hospital, police said.Police said late Friday afternoon that they could no longer confirm that Sledge had been abducted. "We believe she is in the company of a person of interest, Anthony King, black male, 18 years old, 5’ 08” 140 pounds. King is a person of interest in several crimes regarding this incident. We are still very concerned for Sledge’s safety, and she is still considered missing and endangered. We are still actively looking for her," police said in a news release.Anyone who has seen Sledge or King is asked to call 911.

An Amber Alert for a 15-year-old Kansas City girl was canceled Friday after police said circumstances of her disappearance changed.

Brajaean Sledge disappeared Thursday evening after police were called to her grandfather's home in the 2700 block of Elmwood Street on a reported shooting. Officers discovered Sledge's grandfather had been shot.

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Sledge's grandfather is in serious but stable condition at a hospital, police said.

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Police said late Friday afternoon that they could no longer confirm that Sledge had been abducted.

"We believe she is in the company of a person of interest, Anthony King, black male, 18 years old, 5’ 08” 140 pounds. King is a person of interest in several crimes regarding this incident. We are still very concerned for Sledge’s safety, and she is still considered missing and endangered. We are still actively looking for her," police said in a news release.

Anyone who has seen Sledge or King is asked to call 911.