A west suburban man faces a felony charge after the Transportation Security Administration found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage Tuesday afternoon at Midway Airport.
Kevin W. Reed, 28, faces one felony count of attempting to board an aircraft with a weapon, according to Chicago Police.
Reed was passing through a TSA security checkpoint at Midway a few minutes after 3 p.m. when an X-ray screener discovered the gun in his bag, according to police and TSA officials. He was preparing to board a flight to Detroit.
Police arrested Reed and recovered the handgun, a loaded .38 caliber Taurus Titan, according to a TSA spokesman.
Reed, of the 1000 block of North Mill Street in Naperville, was scheduled to appear in bond court Wednesday.
The weapon is the first discovered in carry-on luggage at Midway in 2015, according to the TSA. Six firearms were discovered at the airport in 2014.
