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Alert Issued For Missing Lower Gwynedd Teen Possibly In Philly

Police in Montgomery County are asking the public for help after a 17-year-old boy went missing.

Joon "Alex" Shin

Joon "Alex" Shin

Photo Credit: Montgomery County District Attorney's Office

Joon "Alex" Shin was reported missing from his family's home in Lower Gwynedd on Sunday, Oct. 3, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Lower Gwynedd Township Police Chief Paul Kenny.

Shin is 5' 6" tall and weighs approximately 175 pounds, authorities said. 

He apparently drove away from home, but investigators believe he may have abandoned the car to take public transportation.

His cellphone last placed him in Philadelphia around 11th and Arch Streets on Sunday evening, authorities said.

“There is an urgent concern for Alex’s safety and physical wellbeing,” DA Steele said.

“We are asking for the public’s help to get Alex home safely to his family.”

Anyone with information on Shin's whereabouts is asked to call the Lower Gwynedd Police Department at 215-646-5300 or the Montgomery County Emergency Dispatch at 610-635-4300.

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