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(LOCATED) Silver Alert Issued for Missing Silver Spring Area Man

For Immediate Release: Friday, December 27, 2019

Update: December 27, 2019, at 9:40 p.m. - Alvin Brooks has been located safe and unharmed.  The Silver Alert has been canceled. 

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 3rd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing Silver Spring area man.  A Silver Alert has been activated for 63-year-old Alvin Brooks.

Mr. Brooks was last seen at approximately 6:30 p.m. yesterday (Thursday, December 26) when he left his Ocala Street home driving his 2018 grey Lexus LS 600 with Maryland tags: 3DM9082.

Mr. Brooks is 6-foot-tall, weighs 280 pounds, and walks with a cane.  He was last seen wearing a Baltimore Ravens hoodie over a black vest, a United States Marine veteran baseball cap, blue jeans, and black shoes.

Anyone with information regarding Alvin Brooks’ whereabouts or anyone who sees his vehicle is asked to call 9-1-1.

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Release ID: 19-523
Media Contact: Rick Goodale 
Categories: missing-person