Police identify teen found at Charlotte airport

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified the teen who was found at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Wednesday.

Officials told our news partners at The Charlotte Observer that the young man is actually 18 and was missing out of Raleigh.

Police said the teen approached officers around 1:55 p.m. on June 5 and reported that he had been abandoned.

Initially, police say the teen told officers he was 15 years old but was unable to provide his name, guardian’s information or home address.

CMPD said the teen was wearing a white T-shirt, gray sweatpants and white tennis shoes.

He has since been reunited with his family.

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