Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mom, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing after she was abducted from her Tucson, Ariz., home—and a new report revealed that TSA found an undeclared loaded gun in Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos‘ luggage in 2024.
On Saturday, April 4, Fox News Digital detailed the incident and spoke with a Tucson community member, a woman named Cory Stephens, about the alleged major airport faux pas.
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The incident happened on Nov. 6, 2024, when a TSA X-ray technician spotted a gun in Nano’s bag and alerted an officer, according to an incident report obtained by Fox News Digital.
An incident report obtained by Fox News Digital from Nov. 6, 2024, shows a TSA X-ray technician saw the weapon in the sheriff’s bag at Tucson International Airport and flagged an officer. In a private screening room, an officer asked where, in the bag, the gun was located. Nanos responded that it was in a zippered pocket, and the officer removed the weapon, finding five rounds in the magazine and another round in the chamber.
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The incident did not result in any charges. Although Nanos missed his original flight, he was able to book another that same day after storing the gun in his vehicle.
“If a private citizen had encountered that at the airport, the consequences would have been greater,” Stephens told Fox News Digital. “We as citizens want answers. The safety of our community is at stake.”
The report of Nanos’ TSA incident came on the heels of the results of a workplace harassment investigation involving Nanos. It also comes amid ongoing criticism over how Nancy’s case has been handled—including that the crime scene was “corrupted.”
Nancy, 84, was last seen at her Catalina Foothills residence on the evening of Jan. 31 and remains missing, as of writing. No suspect has been named in the case.
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