KEY POINTS

  • The girl was taken away by her mother who doesn't have legal custody
  • The mother has been identified as 33-year-old Shawnice Hickman
  • The reason for the abduction remains unclear

An Amber Alert was issued for a 14-year-old girl, identified as Stevie Patrice Johnson, in Texas on Monday, with the authorities saying the teenager might be in grave or immediate danger.

Johnson was described as a 5-foot Black female weighing 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. The girl was last seen in the 800 block of Cascade Drive, Glenn Heights, wearing a gray jacket, blue jeans and Air Force One shoes, local media WFAA reported.

The police have identified Johnson's mother, 33-year-old Shawnice Hickman, as a suspect in connection to the girl's disappearance. Hickman is a black female, weighs 190 ponds and is 5’7”. She has black hair, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a black and red jacket with tiger-striped sleeves, black leather pants and red shoes.

The girl was allegedly taken away by her mother, who does not have legal custody, BNO News reported. Glenn Heights police said the teenager's father reported she was taken from the bus stop by her mother.

The suspect vehicle is described as a black 2017 GMC Terrain with the Missouri license plate CT0D6R. The reason behind the abduction remains unclear.

Local police released images of both the victim and the suspect on social media.

Anyone who may have information is urged to call Glenn Heights police at 972-223-3478.

This is a developing story.

Amber Alert
This is a representational image showing a cellphone displays the Amber Alert issued in Los Angeles, California, Aug. 5, 2013. Getty Images/Frederic J. Brown