Another loaded gun has been caught at Pittsburgh International Airport this month.
Thursday night, TSA officers caught the gun in a Monroeville woman's purse at a security checkpoint.
This marks the sixth gun caught at the airport in February and the second one that day.
According to the TSA, the woman said she forgot she has the weapon in her purse.
"This traveler's forgetfulness was a careless mistake that will hit her wallet because, like everyone who brings a gun to the checkpoint, she now faces a stiff federal financial civil penalty that could cost her thousands of dollars," said Karen Keys-Turner, TSA's Federal Security Director for the airport. "If you own a firearm, you need to know where it is at all times."
Allegheny County Police confiscated the gun.
A loaded gun was caught earlier in the day Thursday when TSA officers spotted the gun during an x-ray at a security checkpoint.
There have now been a total of seven guns caught at the airport in just the first two months of this year. In all of 2020, the total number caught was 21.
