(KAIR)--A 26-year-old Atchison man is facing charges for possessing a gun as a convicted felon.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, Chad Gorrell was taken into custody Wednesday.

Wilson, in the release, says the arrest of Gorrell came after Atchison Police Officers “responded to the area of the Oak Hill Cemetery, located in the 200 block of North 17th [Street], to investigate a suspicious person with a gun.”

Officers, when they arrived at that location, found Gorrell to be in possession of the weapon, and he was arrested for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Once in custody, Gorrell was booked into the Atchison County Jail.