Amber Alert Issued for Lancaster, Texas Teen (Franklin King - 16)

Dallas, TX, April 09, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The Lancaster Police Department and The Texas Department of Public Safety have issued an Amber Alert for a boy they said was taken at gunpoint by three males.

As the teen was talking with friends around 5:40 p.m., three black males jumped out of a car, which witnesses described as a gray or silver Chevrolet Impala, and began chasing 16-year-old Franklin King in the 1500 block of North Bluegrove Road.

Armed with a handgun, witnesses said the men forced King into the Impala. One of the suspects, 21-year-old Lawrence D. Reynolds, is armed. The other two suspects are said to go by the nicknames "Twin" and "O.J."

Please visit http://www.projectsafekids.org for more details.

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