East Harlem Man, 39, Reported Missing, Police Say

EAST HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is searching for a man who was reported missing Thursday in East Harlem, police told Patch.

Shaun Turrell, 39, was last seen Wednesday afternoon in front of his East Harlem apartment building. Turrell lives in a building within the New York City Housing Authority's George Washington Houses development on East 102nd Street and Third Avenue, police said.

Turrell (pictured above) is described as standing 5-foot-11 tall and weighing about 200 pounds. He has a heavy build, brown eyes, full beard, short black hair and a scar on his left cheek, police said. He was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and black shoes, police told Patch.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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