Missing Child Alert Cancelled

Bronxville police said Friday around 4:45 p.m. that Mel Harris has been found and will soon be reunited with his family.

A 17-year-old child with autism is missing and may be in need of medical attention. Mel Harris was last seen, according to the Missing Persons Clearinghouse, on foot on Palmer Road in Yonkers at 6:48 p.m. Thursday, March 14.

He was wearing a red sweatshirt, blue jeans and glasses.

Harris is a black male, who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds.

He has black hair and brown eyes.

Police said he was seen at the Bronxville Public Library on Pondfield Road at 7:25 p.m. Thursday, according to nbcnewyork.com.

Anyone with information about Harris is asked to call the Yonkers City Police Department Communications Division at 914-377-7900 or 911.

CORRECTION: The Missing Persons Clearinghouse sent out a correction to the original location Harris was last seen. It is Palmer Road in Yonkers.

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