The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department asked for help identifying this boy who was found at a homeless encampment in Paramount on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Photo courtesy the LASD.

A child was found in a Paramount homeless encampment Thursday, and authorities were seeking the public’s help to find his parents.

The boy, whose name is possibly Anthony, was found about 10 a.m. Thursday with a man at the encampment located in the Los Angeles River near the 710 and 105 freeways, according to Deputy David Yoo of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

No further information regarding the boy or how he came to be at the homeless encampment was available.

Anyone who can identify the boy or his parents was asked to call the Sheriff’s Lakewood Station watch commander at 562-623-3500 or Detective Delgadillo at 562-254-6176. Anonymous tips can be called into Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.