Santa Monica police have asked for help locating a missing 7-year-old boy last seen Tuesday with his father, who may be experiencing a mental health crisis.
The boy, King Darius Lozada, is 4 feet tall, weighs 85 pounds and may be wearing a dark blue sweatshirt and light blue sweatpants, the Santa Monica Police Department said in a post on X Wednesday night. He was last seen around 6:50 p.m. going north in an alley near the 1300 block of Berkeley Street. He could be on foot or riding a black electric scooter, police said.
The boy was last seen with his father, Darius Clay Jackson, 55. He is 6-foot-3, weighs 210 pounds, and may be wearing a black hoodie, black sweatpants and white shoes.
Police said that the boy could be at risk. Police have asked that anyone who sees either the child or his father call 911 immediately.
