LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - A Silver Alert has been canceled after Lawrence Police said an 80-year-old who had been reported missing had been found.

State Police originally issued the alert, stating how John Scanlon reportedly left his home in Lawrence around 7:45 a.m. to get a haircut in North Andover.

Scanlon did not make it to the salon or return home at first, but officials said his vehicle had traveled in the area of Salem and Quincy in the meantime, with license plate readers tracking his car in Salem in the morning and then Quincy in the afternoon.

Lawrence Police tweeted around 9:20 p.m. that Scanlon had been found safe.

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