SKOKIE, Ill. (CBS) -- An 11-year-old boy has been found safe after going missing in Skokie Thursday evening.

Noah Price had last been seen near Main Street and McCormick Boulevard in Skokie.

He has non-verbal autism and has sensory and perception issues, police said.

Just before 5 p.m. a witness reported seeing someone matching Noah's description riding a scooter on the bicycle path on McCormick Boulevard near Main Street and then scale a fence near the North Shore Channel. The scooter was then found unattended.

Police searched the North Shore Channel for Noah Thursday evening.

At 7:37 p.m., Skokie police said Noah had been found safe.