TEWKSBURY, MASS. (WHDH) - A Cambridge man was ordered held on $5,000 bail after Tewksbury police say he was found to be in possession of a loaded gun while leading officers on a brief foot chase Saturday.

Officers responding to reports of a large group of people fighting outside the Mobil Gas Station on Main Street around 2 a.m. found the group in question and dispersed them, according to Tewksbury police.

Dimitri E. Solis, 19, was spotted leaving the scene on foot and refused to stop for police.

Once they caught up with him, officers said they recovered a loaded 9 mm handgun from his waistband.

Solis was taken into custody following a brief struggle and arraigned in Lowell District Court.

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