SYRACUSE -- Sheriff's Deputies are looking for a missing Baldwinsville man.

Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh says 78-year-old William Hare, Jr. of 8261 Oswego Road was reported missing at approximately 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. Hare is considered an endangered person due to a medical condition, was last seen at approximately 11:45 a.m. driving his car at the intersection of North State Street and James Street in the City of Syracuse.

Hare is described as 5'5" tall and weighing 150 pounds, and has brown eyes, gray hair and a small mustache. He was last seen wearing glasses, blue pants, and a brown jacket.

Hare was operating a green colored Chrysler LHS, bearing New York State Purple Heart License Plate 1331.

Deputies say they have searched several locations and issued an alert with the New York State Missing Adult Alert system.

Anyone who has seen Hare or knows of his location is asked to contact the Sheriff's Office by calling 911.

The newly-created 'Gold Alert' system for missing adults, similar to the Amber Alert system, has been activated for this case.