TSA worker fired after missing loaded gun in bag at airport
By The Associated Press
News Transportation 38calibre handgun airport security alabama Atlanta carryon handgun hartsfieldjackson atlanta international airport hoover katrina jackson loaded gun probabtion screener screening Transportation Security Administration tsa worker wsbtvATLANTA — A Transportation Security Administration screener has been fired after authorities say she missed a loaded handgun in a passenger's carry-on bag at Atlanta's airport.
WSB-TV reported Thursday that Atlanta police say passenger Katrina Jackson of Hoover, Alabama, was looking for her passport inside her purse and noticed her .38-calibre handgun Sunday while at the gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Jackson told officers, who confiscated her gun and bag.
TSA officials said in a statement that the worker who failed to see the handgun already was on probation and was fired.
Police say Jackson told officers she had a permit from Alabama to carry the gun, but didn’t have it on her. Jackson was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a handgun.
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