Police Thursday asked the public to be on the lookout for a 13-year-old boy who went missing after getting into an argument with his father in the Baldwin Village area of Los Angeles.
Knowledge Powell was last seen about 11 a.m. Wednesday near the 4000 block of Ursula Avenue, just east of South La Brea Avenue and less than a block from Jim Gilliam Park, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
” He left after a verbal dispute with his father,” according to an LAPD statement. “His father later found a note on the front door stating that Knowledge was running away.”
An Ebony Alert was issued to help notify the public that he was missing.
Powell is Black, 5 feet 4 inches tall, weights about 120 pounds and has brown dread locks and brown eyes. He was wearing a brown shirt, black pants and black Crocs when last seen.
Police released an image of the boy that can be viewed at pro.x.com/LAPDPIO/status/2120911755362832733/photo/1.
Anyone with information regarding the teenager’s whereabouts was urged to reach out to the LAPD’s Southwest Division at 213-485-2582 or call 911. Anonymous information can be submitted through L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.lacrimestoppers.org.