A missing 73-year-old man who was the subject of a Silver Alert was found Wednesday evening.
The California Highway Patrol had issued a Silver Alert Tuesday on behalf of the Long Beach Police Department for Truman Simon, who had last been seen at approximately 5:20 p.m. Tuesday near California Avenue and East 61st Street in Long Beach.
Simon was found “safe and unharmed by the Los Angeles (County) Sheriff’s Department and returned to his residence,” the Long Beach Police Department announced at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The Silver Alert program was established by the CHP to issue and coordinate alerts involving the unexplained or suspicious disappearances of elderly, developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired individuals.