Critical missing 12-year-old found safe

article

Collin Shorty (Atlanta Police Department)

ATLANTA - UPDATE: The child has been found safe. No further details were released by authorities.

-----

Police are asking for the public's help to find a 12-year-old boy reported missing Thursday evening from northwest Atlanta.

What we know:

Collin Shorty was last seen around 5:50 p.m. leaving his mother outside of the Pic N Pay at 2621 Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy NW. The Atlanta Police Department has classified his disappearance as a "Critical Missing Juvenile" case.

Shorty is described as 5 feet tall and weighing 100 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, black joggers, and white shoes.

What we don't know:

It also remains unknown if any surveillance footage from the businesses along Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway has captured his movements after he was separated from his mother.

What we don't know:

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call 911, contact the Atlanta Police Department's Special Victims Unit at 404-546-4260, or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477).