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UPDATE: Pittsburgh Police Seek Help Locating a Missing Boy

Date: October 16, 2019
Incident Type: Missing Person
Location: All Zones
Summary:

UPDATE (8 p.m.): Terik has been safely located. Thank you to the public and to the media for all of your concern and coverage.

ORIGINAL POST: Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Missing Persons detectives seek the public’s assistance in locating a missing nine-year-old boy.

Terik Smith Jr. was last seen around 4 p.m. on October 16 in the Homewood South area.

Terik is described as 4 feet 8 inches tall, 110 pounds, wearing a black hoodie with lime green lettering, jeans, and white shoes.

It’s not known if he got on the bus home from Faison Academy.

He could also be in the Point Breeze or Shadyside neighborhoods.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call police at (412) 323-7141.


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2019-10-16
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov