The search for three children reported missing in the Jackson area issued early Sunday was canceled later in the day after police reported they found the three children unharmed, a Jackson TV station reported.

The Endangered/Missing Child Alert was canceled for three children from the Jackson, Mississippi, Hinds County area.

WLBT-TV reported that all three children were found safe by officers with the Ridgeland Police Department.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation issued the alert for 8-year-old Tony Parker Blount, Michael Allen Blount, Jr., 11, and Mark Chaztine Blount, 9.

Police said the three were accompanied by Asheli Rekekee Donelson. Asheli Rekekee Donelson is described as a 32-year-old black female, five feet seven inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with black medium-length hair.