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For the second time in a week, TSA stops man with gun at Newport News/Williamsburg airport

This is the second time in a week that someone has tried to carry a gun through security.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Author's Note: The video above is on file from September 6, 2018.

TSA stopped a Hampton man on Thursday after he tried to carry a loaded gun through airport security.

The incident happened at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport. Officials said the man had a .22 caliber handgun along with four bullets in his carry-on bag. 

TSA detected the gun in his bag and contacted the police. When officers arrived at the airport, they confiscated the gun and cited the man. 

He now faces a federal financial civil penalty. 

Officials with TSA said this was the second time in a week that someone has tried to carry a gun through security at the Newport News/Williamsburg airport. 

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