Updated at 12:02 p.m.: Thaddeus Coker has been found and is safe, Dallas police say. The Silver Alert has been discontinued.
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WATCH HEREA Silver Alert has been issued for a 77-year-old man last seen walking Saturday afternoon near Dallas Market Hall.
At about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Thaddeus Coker left the Renaissance Hotel in the 2200 block of North Stemmons Freeway on foot.
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Coker has been diagnosed with a cognitive impairment and his disappearance may pose a credible threat to his health and safety, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
He is described as a 5-foot-8 Black man with gray hair and blue eyes. He weighs about 170 pounds. He was wearing a dark blue polo shirt with white diamond patterns, black dress pants and black tennis shoes.
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Anyone with information on Coker's whereabouts may call 911 or the Dallas Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at 214-671-4268.
