CLEVELAND, Texas – An Amber Alert has been issued for four children who were abducted along with their mother early this morning from their grandparents’ home in Cleveland.

The children may be with their father, 24-year-old Ramiro Contreras, who is considered armed and dangerous.

The four children are 1-year-old Isabel, 2-year-old Abigail, 3-year-old Ray Alexander and Helena Contreras, whose age is unknown.

Police say the four Contreras children were staying with their mother, Amy Contreras, at their maternal grandparents’ home. At roughly 5 a.m., Ramiro Contreras came to the house brandishing a gun.

Shots were reportedly fired in the house and the grandfather ran to a neighbor’s and called 911.

The children and their mother were gone when the police arrived.

Ramiro Contreras is considered armed and dangerous and may be driving a maroon, 2002 four-door Grand Am, license plate FXV 969, or a four-door burgundy Oldsmobile Alero, License Plate FFS 944. 

Anyone with information about the suspect or missing mother or children should call the police immediately.