Crime & Safety
Elderly Bushwick Man Missing Since Wednesday: NYPD
Rafael Velasquez, 74, was last seen on Wednesday, May 18 at about 8:30 a.m. at 1321 Bushwick Ave., police said.
- Pictured: Rafael Velasquez. Photo via NYPD
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for an elderly man from Bushwick (pictured above) who has been missing since Wednesday.
Rafael Velasquez, 74, was last seen on May 18 at about 8:30 a.m. inside his home at 1321 Bushwick Ave., according to the NYPD.
Detectives describe Velasquez as a Hispanic male, standing about five-foot-eleven-inches and weighing approximately 170 pounds.
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He has brown eyes and gray hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, brown boots, and a black jacket.
Anyone with information on Rafael's whereabouts can confidentially report it via the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or anonymously call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.
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