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15-Year-Old Brooklyn Teen Missing for Nearly 2 Weeks, Police Say

By Janet Upadhye | May 11, 2015 3:41pm
 Paris McCoy, 15, was last seen at the Farragut Houses on April 29 at about 5 p.m., police said.
Paris McCoy, 15, was last seen at the Farragut Houses on April 29 at about 5 p.m., police said.
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VINEGAR HILL — Police are looking for a 15-year-old boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks, they said.

The Science Skills Center High School student suffers from ADHD and behavioral disorders that require medication, his mother told News 12 Brooklyn.

McCoy's parents went to pick him up from the Downtown Brooklyn school on April 29 and were told by officials that he "ran off," they told the news site.

Officials at the school declined to comment. The Department of Education did not immediately return a request for comment. 

Police said the teen was last seen at the Farragut Houses, located just blocks from the school, later that day at about 5 p.m.

McCoy, who lives with his parents in Bed-Stuy, stands 6-feet and weighs 140 pounds, police said. He was last seen wearing black jeans, green sneakers, a white t-shirt, a black winter hat and a blue coat.

The family has been posting fliers around the Downtown Brooklyn area in the hope that someone has seen the teen.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.