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West Virginia man caught with loaded handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport

TSA agents confiscated this gun at the airport checkpoint. It's the 30th gun seized this year. 

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A West Virginia man was caught Tuesday with a loaded handgun at a checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport.

Transportation Security Administration agents said the.380-caliber handgun was loaded with six bullets and one was in the chamber.

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The handgun was confiscated, and the man, from Glenville, was held for questioning.

TSA agents stopped 30 guns at the airport checkpoint this year.  They took 34 guns in 2018.

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