While Father’s Day is a joyful day for some, for others this holiday is one of the worst days of their lives.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Police Department Officer Karen Smith said that, Sunday, a woman was shot by her husband and then he kidnapped their two sons. Apparently the couple had grown apart.

The woman, whose identity was not made public, was bringing her two sons at her husband’s house in the 10400 block of McBroom Street. Authorities said that the two started arguing and the man shot his wife at least 13 times. Although she was in a very serious condition, she was able to speak while being transported to the hospital.

The woman told police officers that her husband said he was going to “kill her family and that he was going to flee to Mexico,” said Smith, according to the Los Angeles Times. The woman has good chances of survival.

The suspect, Jose Luis Ortega, 26, then took his two sons Diego Fabian, 5, and Luis Gonzalo, 3. Ortega was driving a black 1998 Ford Ranger truck with the license plate 7Z19738. Sunday evening, Ortega was still on the road. Officials think that he wants to cross the Mexican border.

His car was found on a street in Lancaster.

Lt. Ted Matthews said Ortega was possibly armed and dangerous. Authorities are searching for Ortega and his two sons.