A Silver Alert was activated Wednesday for an 80-year-old man last seen in the Westlake district.
Boonsin Phanichsiri was last Friday at 5 p.m. near Virgil Avenue and Fifth Street, according to the California Highway Patrol, which activated the alert on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Phanichsiri is Asian, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes. Authorities say he is believed be traveling on foot.
Anyone who has seen Phanichsiri or knows of his whereabouts was asked to call 911.
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.