(Photo Courtesy of the Allegheny County Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Allegheny County police, a man from Morgantown, West Virginia has been charged after a loaded gun was found at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint. TSA officers found the gun within a carry-on bag of thirty-seven-year-old Donovan Pearson on Saturday at around 4:45 a.m. Police confirmed that Pearson did not have a valid concealed carry permit in his possession. Pearson has a charge of carrying a firearm without a license. Allegheny County police and the FBI were also notified about this incident.