UPDATE FROM POLICE: Walter Jackson Sr. has been located and is safe. The search has concluded. Thank you to everyone who shared this post, provided assistance, and helped spread the word.<\/p>\n
Penn Hills police asking for your help finding a missing 76-year-old man who may be in danger.<\/p>\n
Walter Jackson Sr. left his home on Yosemite Drive shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Police say he has dementia and other medical conditions and does not have medication with him. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s 5-feet-11, 250 pounds, with a gray beard. <\/p>\n
He may be wearing a green Army jacket and walks with a cane. <\/p>\n
He’s likely in Penn Hills, Homewood or Pittsburgh\u2019s North Side. Police are using K-9 teams and drones in the search. <\/p>\n
If you see Jackson or have information call 9-1-1 immediately.<\/p>\n
Penn Hills Police shared the following for those that want to help:<\/p>\n
Keeping an eye out for anyone matching Walter’s description, particularly an elderly gentleman wearing a green Army jacket and walking with a cane.<\/p>\n
– Checking yards, porches, and other areas around their properties where someone may have stopped to rest or sought shelter, when safe to do so.<\/p>\n
– Reviewing home security cameras and doorbell camera footage for possible sightings, particularly from approximately 2:00 AM this morning onward.<\/p>\n
– Remaining alert in the Penn Hills, Homewood, and North Side areas.<\/p>\n
– Reporting any possible sightings or information about Walter’s whereabouts immediately to 9-1-1.<\/p>\n
Anyone that encounters Walter should talk to him in a calm\/reassuring voice until police arrive. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE FROM POLICE: Walter Jackson Sr. has been located and is safe. The search has concluded. Thank you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3640,6465,73,75,74,206,131803],"class_list":["post-325239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-missing-person","tag-penn-hills","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-police","tag-walter-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}