SHREWSBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - Shrewsbury police safely located an elderly man in a wooded area hours after the man had been reported missing on Friday, officials said.
Officers responding to a report of a missing person in the area of Bridle Path around 3:33 a.m. searched the area with assistance from an Uxbridge police K9 and a Massachusetts state police K9.
A helicopter was also brought in to assist in the search.
A silver alert was activated for the man a short time later, according to Shrewsbury police.
The man, whose name has not been released, was located in a wooded area close to his home around 7 a.m., police said.
Worcester EMS medics evaluated the man before he was reunited with his family.
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