Missing 12-year-old Atlanta boy found safe

Atlanta police have located a 12-year-old boy reported missing Friday night.

Wesley Vickers was found safe late Saturday evening, Atlanta Police spokesman Officer John Chafee said.

Vickers' mother called police around 11:30 p.m. Friday to report her son missing.

Chafee said the boy, who lives on Harlan Road in southwest Atlanta, was last seen leaving the 2000 block of Verbena Street around 8 p.m. Friday.

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