WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A 17-year-old boy in Winston-Salem has been found safe following the activation of an Amber Alert.
Jair Junior Gasga-Espinoza was reportedly abducted from near a CVS in Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem Police Department has not released any specifics about what happened.
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However, the department did say shortly after 8 a.m. that Gasga-Espinoza had been found safe.
Amber Alerts were established after third grader Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and killed in 1996 in Arlington, Texas.
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In North Carolina, Amber Alerts can only apply if the missing child is 17 or younger and is believed to have been abducted by a non-family member (unless the family member in question is believed to be dangerous to the child).