LONG BEACH – Police in Long Beach today sought the whereabouts of a missing 17-year-old boy with special needs.

Officers dispatched about 12:45 p.m. Friday to the 1300 block of Gladys Avenue learned that David Lopez was last seen walking to a restaurant to buy food, but he never returned, according to Long Beach Police Department Sgt. Bradley Johnson.

David is Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 140 pounds with a shaved head. He was wearing a blue Millikan High School sweat shirt and tan pants.

Anyone who sees him was urged to call Long Beach police at (562) 435-6711.