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Police find 14-year-old boy with special needs safe in Cleveland

Posted at 6:27 PM, Jan 22, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-23 16:10:02-05

The search is over for an endangered special needs teen after police found him safely Monday afternoon.

The boy, 14-year-old Malik Aziz, had been missing since Thursday afternoon when he went for a run outside his Peony Avenue home on Cleveland's west side.

Police considered him endangered. Aziz has autism and takes medication for ADHD and seizures.

Police say after being found, he was taken to Fairview Hospital and his mother was notified.