Man with Handgun in Carry-on Bag Arrested at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport

Loaded Handgun Found at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
Photo credit TSA Photo

LATROBE, Pa (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Authorities arrested a Latrobe man on Sunday after TSA officers found a handgun in his carry-on luggage.

The handgun was unloaded, but a magazine found with it was loaded with four bullets.

Authorities noticed the gun during as the man's luggage went through an x-ray machine. Westmoreland County Park Police confiscated the gun and arrested the man on weapons charges.

This is the first gun stopped at a check point this year. Last year, the TSA stopped four.

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