Crime & Safety
Police Search For Missing Chelsea Teen
Have you seen this child? Police say the 13-year-old has been missing since Sunday.
CHELSEA, NY – Police are searching for a 13-year-old boy who went missing from his Chelsea home on Sunday morning.
Gavin Leibert, 13, was last seen on Sunday at 11:20 a.m. leaving his home on 29th Street, the NYPD said. Police say that Gavin is about 5 feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. The NYPD released photos of Gavin on Monday, are asking for the public's help in locating the boy.
Anyone with information in regards to the missing person is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Image credits: Courtesy of the NYPD
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