A California woman kidnapped at gunpoint was rescued thanks to a friend and an iPhone app, police said. On Saturday evening at around 5:50 p.m. a woman in El Monte, a suburb of Los Angeles, said that her ex-boyfriend came to her workplace on Lower Azusa Road with a gun.

The man appeared distraught and was armed with a firearm when he got into an argument with the woman, which escalated when he forced her into her own car and drove away, the El Monte Police Department said in a Sunday statement. Using the “Find My iPhone ...

A kidnapping victim was rescued from her captor thanks to the Find My iPhone app, according to authorities. The El Monte Police Department said in a press release that the kidnapping unfolded on Saturday when the victim’s ex-boyfriend Mario Montano turned up at the roadside cafe where she worked in in El Monte, southern California.

A woman’s friend used an iPhone app to help authorities pinpoint her location after California police say she was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend. The woman told police her distraught ex-boyfriend came to her work in El Monte armed with a firearm just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, the El Monte Police Department said in a news release.

A woman who was allegedly kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend in El Monte was released after a 21-mile freeway pursuit through L.A. and Orange counties.

An armed man who reportedly kidnapped his girlfriend and led law enforcement in a high-speed chase of more than 20 miles was taken into custody with the help a smartphone app, officials announced Sunday.

Police: The man appeared distraught and was armed with a firearm when he got into an argument with the woman, which escalated when he forced her into her own car.

A slow-speed pursuit came to an end on the 405 Freeway.