Saskatoon police have found a 56-year-old man who has been missing since Monday afternoon.
Officers found him in Market Mall on Preston Avenue shortly after noon on Tuesday. He was taken to hospital by Medavie Health Services West paramedics.
Family members declined to be interviewed but told Global News they were relieved to learn he had been found and was all right.
A police statement said he wasn’t hurt and a police spokesperson said mall employees told them where he was.
“A place that (officers) had been to previously and had shared his information and his photo – staff from that location ended up phoning us to say, you know what, he’s here,” SPS public relations director Alyson Edwards said.
She told Global News tips from members of the public had been invaluable, and that several people had called with information.
Up until he was found, police were concentrated in the Wildwood neighbourhood.
Family members declined to be interviewed but told Global News they were relieved to learn he had been found and was all right.
The man was last seen around 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 10 block of Beurling Crescent.
Police issued an emergency alert and stated they were concerned he was in a vulnerable state and may be travelling through the city.
The statement said four different units joined in the search and that police are grateful to the public for “their valuable assistance” in locating the missing person.
Edwards, speaking over Zoom, said volunteers from Saskatoon Search and Rescue (SSAR) also helped look on Monday night.
In a phone interview, SSAR vice president Kent Orosz told Global News 25 members had searched for a total of 131 hours.
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