UPDATE
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says they have located Donald Lee Cooper, and he is safe.
Donald has been found and is safe! Thank you everyone! @KOAA @KRDO_13 @KKTV11News @FOX21News @csgazette https://t.co/z7qrzXK4FL
— EPCSheriff (@EPCSheriff) April 29, 2026
ORIGINAL COVERAGE
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing 14-year-old boy.
The sheriff's office says Donald Lee Cooper was last seen near his home along Wainwright Drive in the Security-Widefield area on Monday around 4:30 p.m.
He was last seen wearing a green shirt, black shorts, and creme colored New Balance shoes.
He has brown hair, brown eyes, and is 5 feet and 130 pounds.
If you have seen Cooper or have any information about his whereabouts, you are asked to call the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at 719-390-5555.
Southern Colorado communities are being evacuated as a wildfire explodes
Neighborhoods and the Town of Beulah have been evacuated after a wildfire burning along Highway 165 has exploded in size.
