Coast Guard searching for missing 17 year old near Freeport, Texas

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Contact: 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas Office: 281-464-4810 After Hours: 832-293-1293 PA Detachment Texas online newsroom

Coast Guard searching for missing 17 year old near Freeport, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a 17 year old in the water near Freeport, Texas, Sunday.

Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a report from Galveston Police Department personnel at 8:37 p.m. Saturday of a male who went missing while wade fishing near the San Louis Pass Bridge.

Missing is a 5-foot, 8-inch tall, 120-pound Latino male last seen wearing blue shorts and no shirt. 

Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched a Coast Guard Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew to search.

Involved in the search are:

• Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston Command Center
• Coast Guard Station Freeport
• Coast Guard Air Station Houston
• Gulf Coast Rescue Squad
• Jamaica Beach Police Department
• Galveston Police Department
• Brazoria County Sheriff's Department

Anyone with information that may assist search efforts should contact Sector Houston-Galveston at 281-464-4851.

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