A driver ran across railroad tracks after a traffic stop, and officers found a handgun beside his wallet in the vehicle, according to charges. Police stopped him near Lake Street East and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis on July 29.

Martell Javarus Hill, 23, of Minneapolis, is charged with gross misdemeanor carrying a pistol without a permit and misdemeanor counts of fleeing on foot and driving after revocation.

Officers had been alerted around 10:44 a.m. that a Lincoln MKX was parked on Franklin Avenue. A police alert identified Hill and the vehicle in connection with a shooting the previous day and said the firearm had not been recovered, according to the complaint.