Missing Shreveport 12-year-old: Louisiana police ask for public’s help

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Shreveport Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing child.

12-year-old Zyra’Kem Copeland was last seen on Saturday, April 12, between 6:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., leaving his home in the 2600 block of Valley Ridge Road. He was riding a red bicycle when he left.

Copeland is a black male with a short afro haircut. He is approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs between 170 and 175 pounds. Copland was last seen wearing a blue Spider-Man T-shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes—one with black laces and one with white laces.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact the Shreveport Police Department immediately at (318) 673-7300.

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