Man goes missing in El Monte

EL MONTE -- Police are asking the public's help in finding a 69-year-old man who went missing in El Monte Monday.
Teruyuki Endo of Pomona disappeared after walking away from his friend's home at Portrero and Garvey avenues about 7 a.m., El Monte police Detective Rick George said.
He suffers from an undisclosed medical condition and is believed to be lost, the detective said. Endo is not familiar with the El Monte area.
Endo possibly boarded an MTA bus with an unknown destination, he added.
The missing man is described as Japanese, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes, George said. Endo has a smaller beard and mustache then shown in a photo provided by police.
He was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweat shirt, blue jeans and blue sandals.
Endo was wearing a medical alert bracelet that bears his home phone number and was carrying identification, George said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the El Monte Police Department.

*Photo courtesy of the El Monte Police Department