Crime & Safety
Loaded Gun Found in Indiana Man's Carry-On Bag at Midway
TSA officials discovered the weapon during a checkpoint screening Thursday morning. A bullet also was in the handgun's chamber.
CHICAGO, IL — A loaded gun was found in an Indiana man's carry-on bag Thursday morning as he was going through security at Midway International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
Thomas Gillespie, 63, was arrested by Chicago police and charged with carrying a concealed firearm at an airport, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The 9mm firearm was found when TSA officers screened Gillespie's bag at a security checkpoint before he boarded a Minneapolis-bound flight, the agency said. Not only was the handgun loaded, it also had a bullet in its chamber.
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This is the ninth firearm discovered in carry-on luggage at Midway this year, TSA said, adding that 16 were detected in 2015. Ten firearms have been found in 2016 so far at O'Hare International Airport.
A loaded 9mm handgun with a round in the chamber was found in an Indiana man's carry-on bag Thursday, Oct. 13, at Midway Airport (photo via Transportation Security Administration)
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