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Police Searching for Autistic Brooklyn Teen Still Missing After Five Days

 Police are looking for missing autistic teen, Shawn Davenport, who was last seen leaving his Cypress Hills home on May 14, 2015.
Police are looking for missing autistic teen, Shawn Davenport, who was last seen leaving his Cypress Hills home on May 14, 2015.
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BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a 14-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome who's been missing from his Cypress Hills home since last Thursday, officials said.

Shawn Davenport, 14, was last seen leaving his home at 120 Highland Pl. on May 14 at 3 p.m.

Davenport is five feet seven inches tall and 198 pounds. He was wearing a gray sweater, blue basketball shorts and black and red sneakers when he disappeared.

He likes to hang out on trains and in parks, an NYPD spokeswoman said.

Anyone with information about Davenport is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS or submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) and entering TIP577.