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An AMBER Alert was issued for a 15-year-old boy who was abducted Wednesday morning in Queens, New York.

The teenager, Ahsan Ali, is suspected to have been abducted by his brother, Mohsin Ali, 28, according to WPIX. Police do not know the motive for the alleged abduction but the child is believed to be in “imminent danger.”

Ahsan, the teenager, was described as a male with brown eyes and brown hair, according to authorities. He is about five feet and six inches tall, weighs about 120 pounds and was last seen wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

His brother, Mohsin, was described as a male with brown hair and brown eyes. He’s about five feet and nine inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans and has tattoos on both arms and his chest.

Police are looking for a 2009 white Toyota Sienna with the New York license plate JJX5315. Anyone with information should call 911 or 1-866-697-2623.

The AMBER Alert System gives law enforcement nationwide the ability to notify the public of missing children that are believed to have been abducted. They’re only used when a child who is 17 years old or younger is believed to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. By reserving the alerts for only the most serious cases, people don’t receive an abundance of notifications and become desentized to the alert, according to the AMBER Alert website.

The acronym was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was murdered after being kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. Following her disappearance, broadcasters in Dallas-Fort Worth teamed up with local police to develop an early warning system that could help find abducted children.

As of May, 988 children were rescued specifically because of the AMBER Alert system, according to the system’s website. AMBER Alert also found that some perpetrators of kidnappings released the abducted child after hearing the alert go off on their phone.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia have AMBER Alert systems, but the notifications are able to extend past state lines. If the abductor crosses state boundaries, the national AMBER coordinator contacts the state AMBER coordinator and requests the notification be extended into that state’s jurisdiction in a process referred to as Multi-state AMBER Alert activation.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.