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Update (11:13 p.m. Aug. 10): Dallas police shared around 8:30 p.m. Aug. 10 that Debroderick Washington was found and is safe.

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The Dallas Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding an 8-year-old who was last seen in East Dallas.

Debroderick Washington was last seen in the 2000 block of North Fitzhugh Avenue around 7 a.m. Thursday, police said. He was wearing gray pants and a green shirt.

Washington is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 100 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes, according to police, and he may need assistance.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 911 or at 214.671.4268.