State police issued an Amber Alert tonight for a 54-year-old man who is wanted for abducting his two young children from a Braintree foster home.

Jon T. Lockwood fled the home in a brown 1995 BMW with a Massachusetts plate 478 RF8.

Braintree police said Lockwood forcibly removed both children this afternoon about 4:30 p.m. and fled the area. Lockwood’s last known address is a hotel in Foxboro.

State police described the two children as “An 8-year-old Asian male named Patrick Nguyen last seen wearing blue jean shorts and a neon yellow T-shirt,” and “A 10-year-old Asian female named Sarah Nguyen last seen wearing blue jean shorts and a blue and purple T-shirt with a mermaid on the front.”

Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or call State Police operations at (508) 820-2121.