Jul 09, 2020

Loaded 9 mm handgun found in bag by TSA at Omaha airport

Posted Jul 09, 2020 7:01 PM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Airport security agents found a loaded 9 mm handgun in a bag at Omaha's airport, federal officials said Thursday.

The gun was found Wednesday at an Eppley Airfield security checkpoint as the bag that carried it went through an X-ray machine, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said in a news release.

Omaha Airport Authority police were contacted, confiscated the gun and questioned the man, who is from Omaha, the TSA said. The man told police the he had forgotten he had his loaded gun with him, officials said.

He was released after questioning.