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08-26-2002, 03:04 PM
FBI Probes Philly Airport Gun Case
By DAVID B. CARUSO
.c The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A woman charged with carrying a loaded gun into a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport may have carried the same weapon undetected past security screeners in Atlanta, the FBI said Monday.
Nancy Keller was arrested Sunday after she put a carryon bag containing a .357-caliber Magnum handgun through an X-ray machine, authorities said.
Keller, 37, of Huntersville, N.C., told an FBI agent that the gun belonged to her husband and she wasn't aware it was inside the bag. She faced a hearing on a charge of boarding an aircraft with a concealed weapon.
FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi said Keller had arrived on a flight from Atlanta and was making a flight connection that required her to leave and re-enter the airport's secure zone.
``Obviously we will look into the circumstances of what happened,'' said Lanii Thomas, spokeswoman for Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport.
No flights were delayed, officials said.
Court papers said the gun was loaded with 12 rounds. The bag also contained a 12-round clip labeled ``restricted law enforcement, government use only.'' Federal law bars civilians from possessing magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds.
Vizi said she didn't know if Keller's husband worked in law enforcement.
US Airways spokesman John Bronson confirmed that there had been a ``security incident'' but referred questions to authorities. A spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration in Washington declined to provide details.
By DAVID B. CARUSO
.c The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A woman charged with carrying a loaded gun into a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport may have carried the same weapon undetected past security screeners in Atlanta, the FBI said Monday.
Nancy Keller was arrested Sunday after she put a carryon bag containing a .357-caliber Magnum handgun through an X-ray machine, authorities said.
Keller, 37, of Huntersville, N.C., told an FBI agent that the gun belonged to her husband and she wasn't aware it was inside the bag. She faced a hearing on a charge of boarding an aircraft with a concealed weapon.
FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi said Keller had arrived on a flight from Atlanta and was making a flight connection that required her to leave and re-enter the airport's secure zone.
``Obviously we will look into the circumstances of what happened,'' said Lanii Thomas, spokeswoman for Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport.
No flights were delayed, officials said.
Court papers said the gun was loaded with 12 rounds. The bag also contained a 12-round clip labeled ``restricted law enforcement, government use only.'' Federal law bars civilians from possessing magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds.
Vizi said she didn't know if Keller's husband worked in law enforcement.
US Airways spokesman John Bronson confirmed that there had been a ``security incident'' but referred questions to authorities. A spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration in Washington declined to provide details.