Missing Pine Bluff teen found safe

Shannon Scott, 16, is pictured in this photograph released by the Pine Bluff Police Department.
Shannon Scott, 16, is pictured in this photograph released by the Pine Bluff Police Department.

Authorities in Pine Bluff have located a missing teenage girl who hadn't been seen in nearly a week.

The Pine Bluff Police Department said that 16-year-old Shannon Scott was found safe and unharmed about 6 p.m. Tuesday evening at a home in Pine Bluff.

Early Wednesday morning, police were searching for Scott, who had last been seen about 1 p.m. Wednesday. At that time of her disappearance, she was wearing a purple fitted shirt, dark bluejeans with a pink design on the pocket, black boots and a pink belt, the agency said in a statement.

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