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Volunteers gather early this morning at the Flatbush mobile command center to get instructions in helping in the search. Photo: Eli

Brooklyn, NY - Hundreds of volunteers searched throughout the night for Leibby Kletzky, the nine year old boy who has been missing since 5 PM last night, when he failed to come home from the Boyan Day Camp on 44th Street between 12th and 13th Avenues.

Boro Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg Shomrim joined forces with the NYPD, including K9 and aviation units, as they combed streets, alleys and backyards in search of the missing boy, who was wearing a grey and light blue striped shirt, navy pants, black sneakers and a knapsack bearing the words “Nechmod Day Camp” at the time of his disappearance. In just hours, the streets of Boro Park have been plastered with posters of Leibby and Shomrim is going house to house in the area. Automated calls have gone out to residents asking them to check their property for the missing boy.

Volunteers thought they had a lead when they discovered this morning a bag from Nechmod Day Camp under a car, but it was determined to be a disposable bag and not relevant to the case.

While initial reports indicated that surveillance cameras had spotted Leibby walking on 13th Avenue until 50th Street, careful scrutiny by Leibby’s parents have determined that he is not the boy in the video. The only confirmed video sighting of the youth is on a camera showing him leaving the Boyan Camp on 44th Street.

With the dawn of a new day, the search has intensified and volunteers are hoping that as stores open for the day they will hopefully be able to acquire more security tapes from nearby businesses that can provide more clues to the whereabouts of the missing boy. Additionally, volunteers will search stores to determine if Leibby was accidentally locked inside one of the stores.

Shomrim are circling the streets of Boro Park, with loudspeakers on their vehicles, asking anyone who has any information regarding the whereabouts of Leibby Kletzky to please contact them immediately.

Volunteers will also be on hand when the Boyan Day Camp opens this morning at 9:30 AM, in case the boy returns there this morning.

“We are requesting that everyone stay alert,” said Chaim Deutsch of Flatbush Shomrim in an interview with VIN News. “If anyone sees anything at all, they are requested to call us at 718 871 6666.”

Approximately 100 to 150 volunteers are on hand this morning to continue the search and anyone who is able to help out can come to the command center at 15th Avenue and 57th Street in Boro Park.

A Facebook post by Kristin Thorne, a reporter for CBS News states “I’ve never seen such a community effort to find a missing child.”

“We have 2,000 people searching for the kid. We went through every backyard, every front yard, every possibility,” search coordinator Shaya Lichtenstein told WCBS 880′s Mike Xirinachs.

Meanwhile, this morning Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the safe return of the nine-year-old boy.

“This is every parent’s and every community’s worst nightmare,” said Hikind. “Anyone with credible information of Leibby’s whereabouts should immediately contact the authorities. NYPD and the Shomrim are working in tandem to bring about Leibby’s safe return.”

Hikind praised the tremendous efforts of the NYPD; the Boro Park, Flatbush, and Williamsburg Shomrim; as well as hundreds of volunteers who have been combing the area searching for Leibby since last night.

“Somebody had to have seen something,” remarked Hikind. “Even the tiniest detail that may seem irrelevant to you could be a vital piece of information.”

Video below from late last night inside mobile command.

Photos below from early this morning.

A news crew stationed on 15th Ave

command post. Photo: Eli

A television reporter arriving early this morning in Borough Park

CBS TV. Photo: Eli

Posters hung up on the street. Photo: Eli

Photos below from last night. Credit: Eli