Police search for runaway teen missing in Grand Prairie, no longer considered endangered
Police are asking for help to find a 17-year-old runaway who hasn’t been seen since Friday night in Grand Prairie.
The Texas Department of Public Safety initially issued an Endangered Missing Persons alert for Chadrick Avery on Saturday, but discontinued the alert on Tuesday.
Mark Beseda, a Grand Prairie police spokesperson, said Avery is belived to be a runaway, and that the state created the alert due to a miscommunication.
Avery is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He’s 5-foot-6 and weighs 160 pounds.
He was last seen at 11 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of Duncan Perry Road wearing a white tank top, black shorts and Nike tennis shoes.
Residents with information can call Grand Prairie police at 972-237-8700.
This story was originally published June 19, 2022 at 1:26 PM.
