ATLANTA – A teenage boy found wandering the streets of Atlanta on Halloween night has been identified and his parents have been located, police said.

Atlanta police have not said how the nonverbal 4-year-old boy ended up on Briar Glen Lane, not far from Mount Gilead Road in southwest Atlanta. At around 22.50 on Thursday, a couple saw the child walking in the middle of the street.

(Atlanta Police Department)

FOX 5 was on location as Atlanta Police Uniformed Patrol officers attempted to contact residents of a home on Briar Ridge Way. Officers confirmed their response was linked to the wandering child but did not comment further.

The search ended around 1pm on Friday after the family was located.

Police did not make any statement about the incident that left the child wandering on the street and did not say whether any charges would be filed. They just said the investigation was still ongoing.