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As tweeted by Eureka Police Chief Andy Mills, above, officers with the Eureka Police Department chased down a 14-year-old with a sawed-off shotgun last night.

Brittany Powell, the department’s spokesperson, tells us more:

On 09/20/16 at about 10:45 p.m., an officer attempted an enforcement stop on a male bicyclist near Buhne and Williams Streets. The male fled and officers pursued. The male ditched his bicycle near the 200 block of Trinity and continued to flee on foot. Officers located the bicycle and a backpack in a backyard.

The backpack contained a sawed-off shotgun. Officers then set up a perimeter. The male was ultimately located behind a trailer.

The male was taken into custody without further incident and was identified as a 14-year-old male juvenile. The juvenile was arrested for possession of a sawed-off shotgun, resisting arrest, and for outstanding warrants for burglary and possession of methamphetamine.

He was transported to Juvenile Hall.