EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso Police Department has issued a Local Silver Alert for a 72-year-old man.

Police are looking for Guadalupe Perez Ramirez, who was last seen Tuesday morning in central El Paso.

Police said Perez left his home around 8 a.m. on Sept. 9 to buy cigarettes at Nachitas Grocery, located at 711 Hills St. near Segundo Barrio.

His spouse contacted police after he did not return home.

Authorities said Perez has a medical condition that requires medication.

Police confirmed he never arrived at the grocery store.

Perez was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, a blue-and-black cowboy-style short-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes. He is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 165 pounds.

Anyone with information about Perez’s whereabouts is asked to call El Paso police at 915-832-4400 or 911 in an emergency.

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