WATCH: Reporter covering Florida missing child case finds boy himself

WFLA reports that Paul's grandmother, who has custody of the Florida boy, told police she last saw him around 4 p.m. Thursday. She reported him missing four hours later after neighbors searched the area to no avail.

WFOX reports: Police searched both by air and by foot.

This is reporter Cameron Polom explaining to police how he saw Paul come out of the bushes in a neighbor's yard. "I could tell he was wondering: 'Am I in trouble? What should I do right now?' I asked him, 'Can you come to me?' And he came closer, and I asked him, 'What's your name?' and he said Paul. And I said 'Have you been missing?'"

HLN reports: Paul Fagan said he ran away because he just needed space from his little brother. He told officials in Tampa that he spent the night in his neighbors' yard.

Police say they searched that area during the night but didn't see Paul. Just a few hours after Paul was found, WFTS also caught the reunion with his father on tape.