BOSTON (WHDH) - First responders called off a search for a missing individual after an hour of combing the waters near Carson Beach in South Boston Thursday afternoon.

Officials had several boats and a helicopter scouring the water after responding to a report of a person in the water around 3:15 p.m.

The reason the search was called off has not yet been available.

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