Twelve-Year-Old Boy Missing from Pasadena Prompts an Ebony Alert

[City News Service released this report describing the subject as female. Pasadena police subsequently contacted Pasadena Now to correct the information that the missing child is male].

The California Highway Patrol activated an Ebony Alert Thursday to help the Pasadena Police Department locate a 12-year-old boy.

Semaj Washington was last seen at about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at South Oak Knoll Avenue and East Del Mar Boulevard, the CHP said.

Washington was believed to have been on foot, the CHP said.

He is Black, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 120 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt with white writing, light blue jeans and black shoes. He may have been carrying a backpack with a shark print.

Anyone who sees Washington or knows his whereabouts was urged to call 911.

The CHP activates an Ebony Alert to aid in the swift recovery of missing Black persons between 12 and 25 years of age who disappeared under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.