A missing boy was reunited with his family thanks to an observant off-duty New Westminster police officer.
Bruneau Fulton was biking with his family in Stanley Park when he disappeared. The 11-year-old boy was last seen around noon on Wednesday near the Second Beach pool. The Vancouver Police Department immediately issued a statement pleading for the public’s help locating the missing boy.
About six hours later, a New Westminster police sergeant was on his way home from a shift when he came across the boy in the 1200 block of Stewardson Way. He was still riding his bike and appeared OK.
“He recognized him from a news release,” New Westminster Police Department spokesperson Staff Sgt. Andrew Perry told the Record.
Bruneau told Vancouver police later that he had biked the whole way from Vancouver to New West and was “looking for a public building so he could call home,” according to a VPD press release.
“I would have loved to know where he was going to ride after that but no seemed to have asked him that question,” Perry added.
Bruneau has since been reunited with his family who is relieved he was found.
