Missing 17-Year-Old FL Boy Found: Marion County Sheriff

Updated: Friday, 1:53 p.m.

DUNNELLON, FL — A missing 17-year-old boy, Caden Rex Speight, was found safe in Williston, the Marion County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post.

Deputies had been searching for the Dunnellon teenager since Thursday afternoon. A Florida Amber Alert was issued for him that evening.

When deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the 12800 block of Southwest Highway 484 around 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, they found a truck belonging to Caden at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.

Detectives received information and collected evidence at the scene that didn't support initial reports that he had been taken by four Hispanic men in a light-colored van.

Investigators learned that Caden might have left the area where his truck was found on a black bicycle with a red and grey tent he bought at Walmart on Southwest 19th Avenue Road in Ocala just before the shooting was reported, the sheriff’s office said.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact MCSO at 352-732-9111.

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