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4 children, mother kidnapped at gunpoint found, police still searching for suspect

An Amber Alert is displayed on a freeway sign. Tennessee authorities have issued an Ambert Alert for four children and their mother kidnapped at gunpoint from Lexington, TN early Sunday morning.

An Amber Alert in Tennessee for four children and their mother is over after authorities located the family, according to a Facebook post from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The family was  kidnapped at gunpoint in Lexington early Sunday morning.

Investigators are still searching for the suspect identified as Octavious Crout, 28.

Investigators say Crout abducted Amanda Manley Crout, 31, and her children, 2-year-old Amaylay Manley, 3-year-old Tayvious Crout, 1-year-old Damaryious Crout, and 8-year-old Adrik Manley.

UPDATE: Good news! The mother and children named in this morning's AMBER Alert have been safely located. The suspect remains at large. Thanks for helping us to spread the word!

Posted by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Sunday, May 28, 2017

Suspect Octavious Crout, the father of two of the missing children, is wanted on aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault charges.