December 26, 2023 - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials report that the South Los Angeles Station detectives are asking for the public’s help locating Critical Missing Juvenile, Amari Renell Cooper, aka “A3”. He is a 15-year-old male Black who was last on the 6200 block of South Van Ness Avenue in the city of Los Angeles, on Monday, December 11, 2023, when he left to visit his father.

Cooper is 5’03” tall, 110 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.

Cooper was scheduled to return to his mother’s residence on December 22, 2023, however, he was taken to Houston, Texas by his father in violation of a court order.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's South Los Angeles Station at (323) 820-6700. 

If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), use your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile APP on Google play or the Apple App Store or by using the website https://lacrimestoppers.org.

Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department