A 77-year-old Winnipeg man has been safely located after going missing twice in 48 hours, the second time only hours after police said he had first been found.

Police first issued a public plea shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday for help in finding Gerard Richard Bisson, who had been last seen in the city's St. Boniface neighbourhood on Monday morning.

Just before 10:30 a.m., police announced that Bisson had been safely located. No information was provided by police on where Bisson was found, or if he was driving his car.

Then at 2:45 p.m., police issued another news release requesting the public's help again in locating Bisson.

A Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson told CBC News that officers were contacted at around 1:30 p.m. with concerns about the man's whereabouts.

Police have re-released a photo of Bisson and a photograph of a car similar to one he may be driving.​

Bisson was reported found by police shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.