Saturday, 24 December 2011

Boy, 2, missing after double homicide

From Stephanie Gallman, CNN

updated 10:53 PM EST, Sat December 24, 2011

Kaiden Gage Burnside was last seen wearing a red plaid shirt and a cream-colored vest with a Christmas tree.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Missing child is identified as Kaiden Gage Burnside
  • The boy was in a car the suspect allegedly used to flee the scene
  • Police are searching for a white 2012 GMC sport utility vehicle

(CNN) -- Police in Richmond, Virginia, issued an Amber Alert on Saturday for a 2-year-old boy who was in a car a shooting suspect allegedly used to flee the scene of a double homicide.

The shooting occurred during a home invasion, Richmond police spokesman Linwood Harris said. The suspect then left the scene in a car idling nearby, police said. The toddler was inside the vehicle.

The identities of the shooting victims were not released and it was not immediately known what relation, if any, they had to the missing boy.

The suspect has no relation to the child, said Lt. Ronnie Armstead with the Richmond police.

Harris said the child, identified in the Amber Alert as Kaiden Gage Burnside, was wearing a red plaid shirt, corduroy pants and a cream-colored vest with a Christmas tree on it. He is 2 feet tall and weighs 30 pounds, according to the alert. Police originally said the child was female, before correcting that information.

Police are searching for a man in his mid- to late 20s, driving a white 2012 GMC SUV with the Virginia license plate number XCZ-6757. The suspect was armed with a revolver, the alert said.

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