Overview

• An Amber Alert was issued early Monday for 3-year-old Willon Jace McClain after he was abducted by his father in Forestdale, Ala.
• Willon was found safe within hours, and his father, Willie Edward McClain Jr., was arrested without incident.
• The child's mother, also involved in a related incident, was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
• The Amber Alert system, critical in the quick recovery, has led to the rescue of 180 children nationwide last year.
• The ongoing investigation will examine the circumstances surrounding the abduction and the events leading up to it.