UPDATE 3:05 p.m.: Police said the child has been found safe.

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The St. Joseph Police Department is asking the public for help in the search for a missing autistic child.

According to an alert sent out around 2:41 p.m. Tuesday, 13-year-old Garrett Luna was last seen in the area of the 2900 block of Lafayette wearing a t-shirt, jeans and no shoes. (Click here to find alerts from the St. Joseph Police Department.)

Anyone with information as to Luna’s whereabouts is asked to call police.