VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Five students who walked away from a Van Nuys school sparked a brief police search on Friday.
Police initially said the students, described as three special-needs girls and two special-needs boys, walked away from the school at around 11 a.m.
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Officers from LAPD's Van Nuys Division launched a search in the area near the school, located at 15300 Saticoy Street.
Shortly afterward, authorities said the children were truant and not considered critical missing individuals.
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Police said they were considering calling off the search.
KABC
The area near a school in Van Nuys, located near 15300 Saticoy Street, was the subject of a police search on Friday, May 12, 2017.