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Amber Alert Issued for 6-Year-Old Kidnapping Victim

Cole Puffinburger has been missing since Wednesday morning after gunman invaded his home to rob it. An Amber Alert is posted on billboards across the valley. Thursday morning, the search was expanded to nearby states as Amber alerts were issued for Southern California and New Mexico.

Three Hispanic men knocked on the door of the home near Hollywood and Lake Mead just after 7 a.m. They claimed to be police officers. When Cole's mother opened the door, the men burst in.

Police say they had guns, tied up Cole's mother and her fiancé in the home, then took the six-year-old after they didn't find any money. Police believe the family was targeted by the suspects.

Nevada Amber Alert

Police issued an Amber Alert just after noon. The case did not initially fit the criteria for an Amber Alert because police did not have the description of a car. But detectives felt Cole was in enough danger to issue one.

When word of the home invasion and abduction spread, Cole's biological father arrived at the scene. He was overwhelmed with emotion as he ran to the house.

John Page's wife was one of the first to hear the woman and go to help. Page says she had been tied up in the house, but managed to crawl out to the sidewalk, "Her hands and her mouth. She had duct tape around her mouth and she had those electrical ties tied."

Her hands were tied behind her back.

Within seconds of the first 911 call, officers arrived to immediately start searching. They went door to door, used the helicopter and patrolled, but Cole was gone.

Cole is 47 inches tall and weighs 48 pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and wears silver wire glasses. He was last seen wearing a black John Cena WWE shirt, dark jeans, white socks, black tennis shoes and a black hooded sweatshirt with white and blue writing on it.

Police say one of the suspects is a Hispanic man with a heavy accent. He has black, slicked back shoulder length hair. He's in his early 30's, stands about 5'7" and weighs about 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans.

Police are asking the kidnappers to drop Cole off at a local hospital, store or police station.

Anyone with information is being asked to call 911.