BOSTON — A 19-year-old Dorchester man was arrested Oct. 29 after a foot chase through several backyards in the neighborhood, and officers found a loaded handgun hidden under a shed, Boston police said.

Police identified the man as Damian Christian Errol McGregor. He is expected to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, possession of a large-capacity firearm, possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card and two counts of trespassing.

According to police, officers were called to Lonsdale Street in Dorchester at about 3:39 p.m. for a report of a person with a gun. On the way, officers were told the man had been seen waving a gun he took from a blue laundry bag he was carrying, police said.

When they arrived, officers saw the blue laundry bag on the ground behind a fenced area and saw a man matching the description running through backyards on Glenrose Road, police said. Officers caught up with him on Florida Street.

With the help of a police dog, officers found a gun under a shed behind a home on Glenrose Road, police said. Police described it as a loaded Glock 19 handgun with a magazine holding 14 rounds.

The charges are allegations, and McGregor is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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