KEVIN PEREZ - 11 yo - Riverview FL

RIVERVIEW -- The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said it is searching for a missing 11-year-old boy.According to deputies, Kevin Perez has not been seen since 3 p.m. Wednesday. Officials said they are not treating the investigation as a runaway child case.

Friends of Kevin’s told officials he was seen walking into his home on Bridge Pine Drive after school, then left his house just before 3 p.m.Witnesses in the neighborhood said the boy was walking between two houses in the neighborhood, heading toward a wooded area.Kevin’s parents reported him missing at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.Deputies
set up a command center in the neighborhood, and began searching the
immediate neighborhood and a wooded area Wednesday night, using a
helicopter and dogs.Drivers in the area have been interviewed, and cars have been searched throughout the night and early Thursday morning.Officials are expected to continue searching for several hours during the day Thursday.

RIVERVIEW - A missing 11-year-old Riverview boy was found safe this morning in a Walmart, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

Kevin Perez has been reunited with his parents, sheriff's spokesman Larry McKinnon said.
It's
not immediately clear why Perez left home or where he was all night,
but his father said the disappearance might have stemmed from an issue
at school a few months ago.

"This stunt is going to cause a lot of concern for his parents, a
lot of concern for us, but will there be criminal charges? No," McKinnon said.

Perez, a Rodgers Middle School student, was reported missing about
6:45 p.m. Wednesday. His parents told investigators he hadn't returned
home.