Update, 4 p.m.: Jordan Gorman was found in a creek bed about 3/4 of a mile from his home, according to the TBI.

He had found a blue tarp and built himself a shelter, which is where searchers found him Tuesday afternoon, according to TBI officials.

The shelter where Jordan Gorman was found Tuesday afternoon. (TBI)

Update, 3:30 p.m.: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released a photo of Jordan being checked out by emergency officials.

He’s “cold and hungry, but otherwise in pretty good spirits!” according to the TBI.

Update, 3:15 p.m.: Just in from TBI, “Jordan Gorman has been found safe! More details soon!”

Update, 11 a.m.: During a press conference Tuesday morning, the TBI said the mission is becoming a “recovery effort” with each passing hour, according to Clarksville Now news partner WKRN, Channel 2. Search teams are back out in the area, re-examining previously searched locations. Investigators believe Jordan is still in the immediate area.

Investigators said there is no evidence of ill intent. Cheatham County Sheriff Mike Breedlove said “panic” is setting in.

“We are certainly doing our best to hold on to hope, but with each passing hour, we face a daunting reality that this becomes more and more of a recovery effort than it does a rescue effort,” the TBI’s Josh Devine said.

“We are still doing what we can to locate this boy as quickly as possible.”

He said TBI’s “best guess” is that Jordan is in the immediate area around his home. But it’s still possible he’s not in that area, Devine said.

“That’s why we are still urging the public to remember this boy’s face, take a look at this picture and keep this at the forefront of your mind, because you may very well see something that breaks this wide open.”

Jordan Gorman, Courtesy of TBI.

Devine and Breedlove encouraged people living in the area to search their property and report anything that “looks out of place” by calling 1-800-TBI-FIND.

His parents told investigators the 9-year-old ran away after an argument.

Previously:

CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The search continued Tuesday morning for 9-year-old Jordan Gorman, with several area law enforcement agencies including Clarksville Police joining in the effort.

An Endangered Child Alert was issued Sunday for Jordan after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said the boy’s parents reported him missing from their Joelton home along Valley View Road in Cheatham County, according to Clarksville Now news partner WKRN, Channel 2.

The TBI said law enforcement search teams scoured the heavily wooded area near the home Sunday afternoon into Monday, but found no sign of Jordan. The agency then issued an AMBER Alert Monday morning, citing “new information and growing concern about the well-being” of Jordan.

“We continue to hold out hope he’ll be found soon and thank you for staying vigilant – with us – in the ongoing search,” the agency said in a tweet Tuesday morning.

Clarksville Police Department sent 15 officers to Cheatham County Tuesday morning to assist with the search, according to Sgt. Fontella Jones.

Residents in the area of Valley View Road have been urged to walk their property during daylight hours and search anywhere that a child could take cover, including crawlspaces, sheds and outbuildings.

Jordan is 4 feet tall and weighs 75 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a gray short-sleeve T-shirt with red stripes on the arms, blue jeans and tennis shoes.

Anyone who spots anything suspicious is urged to contact the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND or the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office at 615-792-2098.