Update: Howland was found and is safe.

Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are currently searching for Evan Howland, a missing/runaway 16-year-old. Howland is 6’2”, around 170 lbs., with blonde hair and brown eyes. Howland was last seen on March 2 around 11:30 p.m. in the Hudson Ridge Dr. area of Hudson. Howland was last seen wearing a yellow hoodie, blue jeans, light-colored sneakers and carrying a backpack. If you have any information on Howland’s whereabouts, please call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or report tips online at PascoSheriff.com/tips.