Alert canceled after missing 82-year-old man found safe, CMPD says

An alert has been canceled for an 82-year-old man who has been found safe after he was reported missing.

According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Elijah McCarthy was last seen around 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nordstrom Rack at the Carolina Pavilion on South Boulevard.

Authorities said McCarthy has early-onset dementia and may be driving a white 2021 Nissan Sentra with Connecticut license plate 9AKVFO.

McCarthy is described as 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. He is balding with gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt and tan pants.

Around noon Monday, CMPD said McCarthy was unharmed and has been reunited with his family. The N.C. Center for Missing Persons, which issued a Missing Endangered Alert for him, said around 11:50 a.m. Monday that the alert had been canceled.