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A Palm Bay elementary school initiated a shelter-in-place alert due to reports of a suspicious person.

The suspicious person was a 16-year-old boy in a vampire costume who had been reported missing.

Police located the teen at a nearby park and confirmed there was no threat.

A Palm Bay elementary school went on a short shelter in place alert after a post-Halloween scare involving reports of a dressed as a vampire at a nearby park.

The "vampire,” however, turned out to be a 16-year-old boy reported to be wearing a costume and missing from home by his family a short time earlier Tuesday, Nov. 4, police reported.

Palm Bay officers searched the area and found the teen in the vampire costume roaming Fred Lee Jr. Park a short distance away.

“Everybody is safe,” said Sg

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