Amber Alert canceled after missing MN girl found safe

ZIMMERMAN, Minn. (FOX 9) - An Amber Alert issued for a missing 7-year-old girl from Zimmerman, Minnesota, has been canceled after she was found safe, according to the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office.

Girl found safe after Amber Alert

Local perspective:

The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office posted on social media around 9 p.m. Wednesday reporting the girl missing. An Amber Alert was issued late Wednesday night.

By 1:28 a.m. Thursday, the Amber Alert was canceled after she was found safe by police, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said.

A suspect is in custody, authorities said. 

No other details have been released. 

The backstory:

The girl was last seen getting off a school bus in Zimmerman on around 3:55 p.m. Wednesday. A black vehicle had been seen in the area following the school bus, but it was unknown if the vehicle was involved in her disappearance. Volunteers gathered at Westwood Elementary School in Zimmerman to help search for the child. 

At 12:44 a.m., Albert Lea police were notified of a vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 35 that was potentially associated with the girl's disappearance. Police located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. They found the missing child in the vehicle.

The driver, a 28-year-old man from Maple Grove, was taken into custody. 

The child was taken to the hospital for medical evaluation before being reunited with her family. 

Around 1 a.m., a woman who said she is the girl's grandmother told FOX 9 she was found safe in Albert Lea after the "abduction."