West Virginia man stopped at Pittsburgh International Airport with loaded handgun in carry-on bag
A man from Wheeling, West Virginia, was stopped after Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at the Pittsburgh International Airport Sunday.
According to officers the man had on him a .22 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets.
Allegheny County police confiscated the gun.
The man told officers that he forgot he had put the gun in his backpack.
“If you own a firearm, you need to know where it is at all times,” said TSA’s federal security director for the airport, Karen Keys-Turner. “Knowing where you put your gun is part of being a responsible gun owner. Now this individual faces a stiff federal financial civil penalty.”
Nationwide, TSA officers detected 5,972 firearms on passengers or their carry-on bags at checkpoints last year. Of the guns caught by TSA in 2022, about 86% were loaded.
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