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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) fired a screener who missed a loaded handgun in a passenger’s carry-on bag Sunday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, reports WSB-TV2.
The Atlanta police department’s incident report explained that Katrina Jackson, of Hoover, Alabama, discovered the handgun as she checked her purse for her passport while at the gate, said WSB-TV2.
“There’s one thing if you’re missing something suspicious. This was a handgun, so this is a big deal that this got through the TSA screening process,” security expert Brent Brown told WSB-TV2.
Jackson, according to WSB-TV2, self-reported to the authorities at the gate, where he gun and handbag were confiscated.
The Alabama native explained that she had a permit to carry the firearm, issued in her home state, but that she did not have it in her possession at the time. She was then arrested for unlawful possession of a handgun, reported WSB-TV2.
“I mean, she violated the law, so we have consequences,” passenger Melissa Monroe told WSB-TV2.
The TSA addressed the incident releasing the following:
“This egregious mistake was unacceptable and the officer, who was still a probationary employee, was immediately and permanently separated from federal service.”
“We don’t know who else might have gotten through. This one person fortunately turned around and reported herself, but how many of these types of things get through all the time?” Brown said.
WSB-TV2 explained that they were unable to contact Jackson and that the Clayton County solicitor general is now handling her case.
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