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TSA Worker Fired After Missing Loaded Gun In Bag At Airport
ATLANTA (AP) — 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 (http://2wsb.tv/2nkF2MM ) reported Thursday that Atlanta police say passenger Katrina Jackson of Hoover, Alabama, was looking for her passport inside her purse and noticed her .38-caliber 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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