Deputies, firefighters and others searched Central Whidbey this afternoon for a 17-year-old boy who was possibly suicidal.

The effort ended happily at about 5:10 p.m. The teenager’s uncle reported seeing him at the Greenbank Store. Soon afterward, a detective located the young man near the Greenbank Store.

Island County Sheriff Mark Brown said the boy initially fled from his mother’s house south of Coupeville and she was worried he might hurt himself.

Brown said searchers scoured the area and even brought in “air scent dogs” to help with a grid search of a wooded area. Just before the boy was found, Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue put out a call for all available personnel to gather at the “command center” at Race Road fire station to aid in the search effort.

Brown said the kid will be transported to Whidbey General Hospital for a mental health evaluation.