FAIRFIELD — Police thanked the community for help locating a lost 14-year-old boy Friday night and offered some new details about the incident.
The boy, a 14-year-old Fairfield Prep student athlete, was found safe just before 9 p.m. at a pizza restaurant on Brooklawn Avenue in Bridgeport.
He had gotten lost after a run with the school’s cross-country team, according to police.
“The Fairfield Police Department would like to thank members of the Fairfield community for their assistance in locating a missing juvenile yesterday evening,” police said in a post on the department’s website Saturday.
The boy was reported missing about 6:30 p.m. Friday by Fairfield University’s Department of Public Safety.
“The student exited campus at approximately 3:25 PM during a group run with the school’s cross country team,” police said. “At the completion of the run, the student’s brother, who is a fellow team member, became aware that he had not returned to campus and alerted his coaching staff.”
“Over the course of the next several hours, numerous police and emergency resources were utilized in the effort to locate the missing student,” police said. “These resources included the Fairfield Police Department’s Patrol Division, Traffic Safety Unit, Investigation Division and Youth Bureau, in addition to the Fairfield University Department of Public Safety and the Fairfield Fire Department. These personnel began a search of the immediate area and extended the search perimeter as time went on. The search was conducted on foot and by car and utilized technology such as Thermal Imaging/FLIR cameras.”
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