LAWRENCE, MA — Officers responded to the area of South Broadway and Salem Street on Wednesday for a report of two individuals fighting.
A male matching the provided description fled on foot as officers arrived but was quickly apprehended after a brief foot pursuit.
During the investigation, officers recovered a firearm that had been concealed in a cross-body bag.
The individual was placed under arrest and faces charges of possession of a firearm without an FID card, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, defacing a firearm serial number and possession of ammunition without an FID card.
