A 21-year-old Chicago resident was arrested in Evanston on Tuesday in connection with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, police said.

During a traffic stop for minor traffic violations in the area of Howard Street and Asbury Avenue, Valgas Etheard, who was in the front passenger’s seat, fled on foot westbound on Howard Street. Evanston patrol officers apprehended Etheard near Asbury Avenue, however, he resisted and did not comply with the officers. When he was taken into custody, police found a loaded Smith and Wesson revolver on Etheard’s person, police said.

Police found that the handgun had been stolen from Chicago.

Etheard, of the 7200 block of N. Claremont Avenue in Chicago, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, resisting a peace officer and unlawful possession of cannabis, police said. His court date has not yet been set.

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