ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Police began searching for two teens who escaped from the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center in Clayton Sunday evening, and officers from multiple police departments were involved.
With help from a K-9 unit and air support, officers from the Clayton, Richmond Heights and the St. Louis County police departments were searching for the escapees.
The search dogs lost track of the escapees Sunday evening, but the officers were actively searching in the Clayton area Sunday night, police said.
According to police, officers were looking for two escapees, 15 and 17 years old.
The facility on South Central Avenue, between Carondelet and Bonhomme avenues, is two blocks from Shaw Park.
Anyone with information should call 911, police said.
More information may become available as the investigation in to the escape continues.
This is a developing story, and it will be updated with the latest information.