The Boston Police Department reports arresting a man on Ballou Avenue they say fired at least one round from his AK-47.

Police say that when officers, responded there to a report about a guy dressed all in black and carrying a rifle, arrived around 5:45 a.m., Mohamed Bile, 26, began to run from them.

"After a brief foot chase, officers were able to catch up to and apprehend the suspect in the rear of 16 Jones Avenue," police say in a statement. "Upon retracing the steps taken during the foot chase, officers were able to see and take possession of an AK-47 rifle. When asked to explain why he ran upon seeing the approaching police officers, the suspect stated, 'I thought someone was trying to shoot me.' "

After Bile admitted he had no license for the armament, he was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm on a public way, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling and possession of a large-capacity feeding device, police say, adding a witness spotted him fire a round into the ground.