Silver Alert canceled for missing Crown Point man

CROWN POINT, Ind. - A statewide Silver Alert has been canceled for a man who was reported missing from northwest Indiana.

Damon Fitzgerald, 49, was last seen about 1:43 a.m. Tuesday in Crown Point, according to Indiana State Police.

He was believed to be in extreme danger and may have required medical attention, police said.

Fitzgerald was described as a 6-foot white man weighing about 200 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, police said.

Damon Fitzgerald, 49. (Indiana State Police)

He was last seen wearing a white or gray shirt, blue jeans, green hospital socks and no shoes, police said.

The Silver Alert cancelation was announced by police around 7:24 p.m.