Ontario Amber Alert: 5-year-old girl abducted from Markham

UPDATE: The amber alert has been canceled. Some identifying details have been removed.

An Ontario Amber Alert has been issued for a 5-year-old girl after she was allegedly abducted from a school in Markham, local officials say. Anyone with information is urged to call 911 immediately.

The incident happened at 3 p.m. on Tuesday when staff at Armadale Public School in Markham told police that one of the students was abducted from her classroom by her father, who is not supposed to have access to the child.

The suspect is Soloman J., a 25-year-old male with short brown hair and standing 6 feet 1 inch tall. He has a tattoo on his right arm. He was last seen wearing a navy blue dress coat and black cargo pants.

The victim is described as a 5-year-old female with shoulder-length light brown hair and brown eyes, standing 4 feet tall. She was last seen wearing a pink sweater, a white tank top, grey leggings, a navy blue coat, and carrying a sparkly white unicorn backpack.

They were last seen getting into a mini-van taxi, according to York Regional Police.