Critically missing 10-year-old DC boy has been found

D.C. police and the FBI are searching for Malachi Hooks, 10. (Courtesy D.C. police)

UPDATE, 12/31/2018, 11:15 p.m.: D.C. police said that 10-year-old Malachi Hooks of D.C. has been found.

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WASHINGTON — The FBI has joined D.C. police in looking for missing 10-year-old boy Malachi Hooks.

Hooks, of D.C., was last seen near Garfield Park on the 200 block of I Street SE on Friday around 3:45 p.m.

He has a light brown complexion, is 5 feet 3 inches tall and 124 pounds. Malachi has brown eyes and black hair and was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, a black coat and gray New Balance shoes.

Anyone with information about Malachi should call D.C. police at 202-727-9099 or the FBI at 202-278-2000.

D.C. police and the FBI are searching for Malachi Hooks, 10. (Courtesy D.C. police)

Below is the area where Malachi was last seen.

Abigail Constantino

Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.

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