Missing 12-year-old Pittsburgh boy is found safe

PITTSBURGH — UPDATE 10:00 a.m. Oct. 24: Khalyl McKnight has been found safe, according to his mother and Pittsburgh police.

Pittsburgh police are asking for help finding a missing 12-year-old boy.

Khalyl McKnight, from the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood, was last seen along McClure Avenue in Brighton Heights around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to police.

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He is described as 4 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing 96 pounds. He has light brown/hazel colored eyes and has sandy colored hair cut into a high box-top style, police said.

Police said he was last seen wearing tan khakis and a blue polo shirt underneath a gray hooded sweatshirt with an orange Nike logo on it.

If anyone has information on McKnight's whereabouts, call the Pittsburgh Police Missing Persons Unit at 412-323-7800.

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