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Multiple units search for missing 15-year-old swimmer in Jacksonville Beach

The missing 15-year-old boy was last seen swimming in the ocean Saturday, police said.
Credit: Lexi Ray-Zesbaugh, First Coast News
Law enforcement searching for a missing 15-year-old boy last seen swimming in the ocean Saturday.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — Multiple units are responding to Jacksonville Beach in search of a missing 15-year-old boy last seen in the ocean Saturday, police said.

Jacksonville Beach Ocean Rescue, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's Air Unit and Marine Unit, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for the missing teenager.

Police said the teen was last seen wearing black and red swim trunks. He is 5 foot 8 inches and weighs about 120 pounds, police said.  

In a 6 p.m. Facebook post, police said the teen had been missing for about 45 minutes.

First Coast News has a crew headed to the scene and will provide updates to this story.

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