UPDATE: DEC. 6, 6:36 AM | The 12-year-old with developmental disabilities who went missing in Long Beach Wednesday morning is back with his family, according to police.

LBPD patrol officers found the boy safe at a shopping center in Lakewood, police announced late Wednesday night on Twitter.

LOCATED: #LBPD patrol officers found missing juvenile unharmed at a shopping center in the City of Lakewood and has been reunited with his family. https://t.co/Nf5XqxGA2E — Long Beach PD (CA) (@LBPD) December 6, 2018

PREVIOUSLY | A 12-year-old boy with developmental disabilities is missing and police are asking for the public’s help to find him.

The boy, Micheal Veal, was last seen by his parent at 5 a.m., Wednesday morning at his home in the De Forest neighborhood near Linden Avenue and 61st Street. When the parent returned home four hours later, the boy was gone, according to a statement from the Long Beach Police Department.

Veal was last seen wearing a yellow and purple Lakers sweatshirt, gray pants and red shoes. He is described as African-American with black hair and brown eyes, is about 5-foot-3 inches tall and 110 pounds.

Local hospitals, law enforcement agencies and public transit have all been notified.

Anyone who sees Veal or has information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Long Beach Police Department at 562-435-6711 or 911.