FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Two children were found safe after being reported missing following a SWAT standoff at a home in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department confirmed 5-year-old Leonidas Stevenson and 7-year-old Xena Stevenson are now safe after going missing around 11 a.m. in the 1600 block of Southwest 22nd Avenue.<\/p>\n
Authorities believe the children were with their father, Bradley Stevenson.<\/p>\n
Earlier Thursday, officers responded to the same address for a domestic-related incident, where family says the father barricaded himself inside the home. That led to the activation of the department\u2019s SWAT team and hostage negotiators.<\/p>\n
The elder siblings of the two missing children spoke with 7News, saying their parents are going through a divorce and Bradley escaped through the back of the home.<\/p>\n
They also said their mother was recently granted emergency custody.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear if the father will be charged. <\/p>\n
Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.<\/p>\n
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