Eleven-year-old disappears from South Ward neighborhood

Urgent search underway for missing 11-year-old Newark boy

NEWARK, NJ – A city-wide search is underway after 11-year-old Lushawn Smith Jr. was reported missing on Sunday, with his last known sighting taking place a day earlier in a South Ward neighborhood.

The boy was last seen Saturday in the 100 block of Jelliff Avenue, according to Newark Public Safety officials. Lushawn is described as African American, 4 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing approximately 95 pounds. He was wearing black and purple Jordan sneakers at the time of his disappearance…

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