Police determined that a 19-year-old College of Charleston student who disappeared near his home on Halloween took his own life and are now searching for his missing body.

Owen Tillman Kenney, of New Jersey, was last seen by his friends near King Street and Burns Lane around 2 a.m. on Oct. 31, according to the Charleston Police Department .

His family said that the location was just “minutes from his house.”

After nearly a week of searching for the missing teen, police tragically uncovered “video evidence” that indicated Kenney “took his own life after walking onto the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway” above the Cooper River, Charleston cops announced Thursday.

The Ravenel Bridge is roughly three miles away from where Kenney was last spotted.

“Our priority has always been and

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