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CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE GRANDFATHER BROUGHT THOSE KIDS HERE TONIGHT TO THE MCKEYS ROCKS POLICE DEPARTMENT. -- MCKEES ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW THE SEARCH IS STILL ON FOR HIS SON WHO IS ACCUSED OF TAKING THEM. >> MOM I BROUGHT THE KIDS THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE SAFE. PLEASE STOP WORRYING. >> THIS AMBER ALERT FLASHED ACROSS MANY OF YOUR SCREENS. POLICE SEARCHING FOR FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN LAST SEEN WITH THEIR FATHER. HIS OWN FATHER SAWETTE WHEN HE WAS A AT MCDONALD'S WITH THOSE FOUR KIDS. >> I'M LOOKING ATY PHONE AND I'M LIKE WHAT? AND I SEE MY SON AND THE KIDS AND I'M LIKE NO WE HAVE TO RECTIFY THIS. BECAUSE HE NEVER KIDNAPPED THEM THERE WAS NEVER A KIDNAPPING. REPORTER: COPELAND SR. SAYS HIS SON DROPPED THE CHILDREN OFF AT HIS HOUSE NOT LONG BEFORE THAT. >> HE JUST TOLD ME OH I GOT SOMETHING TO DO DAD. CAN YOU WATCH THE KIDS REAL QUICK? NO PROBLEM. REPORTER: BUT POLICE SAY COPELAND TOOK THE CHILDREN. ALLEGING THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN COPELAND AND THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER ON CHARTIERS AVENUE THAT AFTERNOON. THEY CLAIM COPELAND TRIEDO TAKE THE WOMAN'S PURSE AND THEN REMOVED THE KEYS. AND WHEN SHE GOT OUT HE TOOK OFF. COPELAND SR. SAYS HIS SON NEVER MENTIONED AN ARGUMENT. >> THAT'S WHY HE TOOK TH OUT OF THE SITUATION WHEN THEY WERE FIGHTING HE TOOK THEM OUT AND BROUGHT THEM TO ME SO THEY COULD BE6 C1 SAFE. REPORTER: POLICE LATER FOUND THE 2004 FORD EXCURSION ABANDONED IN BELLVUE. THE CHILDREN REMAINED WITH MCKEES ROCKS POLICE UNTIL THR MOTHER CAME TO PICK THEM UP. >> HE'S IN TROUBLE AND LIKE I SAID HE'S GONNA COME AND FACE THE MUSIC. HE'S A GREAT FATHER. THAT'S WHY THIS HAS SHOCKED ME. RODNEY LIVES FOR HIS KIDS. >> HE WILL FACE CHARGES OF ASSAULT, BURGLARY AND ENDANGERING THE LIV

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UPDATE: McKees Rocks police confirm 28-year-old Rodney Copeland turned himself in late Thursday night.===Four children who were reportedly abducted in McKees Rocks at around 4:30 p.m. Friday have been found safe but the suspect remains on the run. Police said the suspect, Rodney Edward Copeland, is still on the run. He is described as being 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 spoke with the grandfather of the children, Rodney Copeland Sr., who said his son, Rodney Copeland Jr., dropped the children off with him without saying anything about abducting them. The grandfather said he did not know they were considered abducted until he saw the Amber Alert on his phone. The grandfather took the children to police. Police said Copeland took the children, alleging there was an altercation between Copeland and the children's mother on Chartiers Avenue on Friday afternoon. Police said during the altercation, Copeland tried to take the woman's purse and then removed the keys. When she got out of the vehicle, he took off with the children inside. Copeland Sr. said his son never mentioned an argument. "That's why he took them out of the situation when they were fighting. He took them out and brought them to me so they could be safe," Copeland Sr. said. Police later found the 2004 Ford Excursion he was driving abandoned in Bellevue. The children remained with McKees Rocks police until their mother came to pick them up. "He's in trouble and like I said, he's going to come and face the music. He's a great father. That's why this has shocked me. Rodney lives for his kids," Copeland Sr. said. Copeland Jr. is pictured below: Anyone with information on Copeland's whereabouts should immediately contact the police by calling 911 or the McKees Rocks Police Department at 412-331-9901.