Gun discharges while man tries to load it into case at O'Hare International Airport
Gun goes off when man tries to unload it at O'Hare Sunday morning
Gun goes off when man tries to unload it at O'Hare Sunday morning
Gun goes off when man tries to unload it at O'Hare Sunday morning
A gun went off at O'Hare International Airport Sunday morning.
Chicago Police said at 6:50 a.m. Sunday at Terminal 3, a 50-year-old man was attempting to load a firearm inside a metal gun case when the gun discharged.
The Transportation Security Administration said the incident happened at the American Airlines baggage check-in counter. The agency had no further information.
The man had a valid Firearm Owners Identification Card.
No one was hurt and no one was arrested.
In an unrelated event two weeks ago Tuesday, a man was arrested after he got a gun onto a United Airlines flight at O'Hare International Airport.
Besnik Ismajlaj, 53, of St. Charles, was charged last week with a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed firearm at the airport.
The Transportation Security Administration said officers detected an image of a firearm inside a bag going through Security Checkpoint 2 at Terminal 1 the afternoon of April 15. Before Chicago Police could confiscate the gun, Ismajlaj reached inside the X-ray machine at the checkpoint, took the bag, and left for the gate, the TSA said.
Video showed airport employees making a path down the middle of Terminal 1 as officers ran through. They were searching for Ismajlaj as he was headed to his gate with a gun. He was able to make it onto a United Airlines flight before Chicago Police and TSA officers tracked him down.
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