(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Allegheny County Police Department, Posted on Facebook on November 8th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Allegheny County Police recently charged a man from Ohio after a firearm was discovered at the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport.

TSA agents observed a Smith and Wesson 4043 .40mm caliber handgun inside the carry-on bag of a passenger at approximately 3:26 p.m. on Saturday while the bag was being screened at Lane 7 of the TSA checkpoint.

Allegheny County Police determined that the passenger, forty-six-year-old Philip Ralph Wilson, did not possess a license that was valid to carry a concealed firearm.

Wilson was arrested and was transported to the Allegheny County Jail after the investigation into this incident.

He was arrested on a firearms charge.  

People who bring firearms into an airport security checkpoint may face federal civil penalties that are imposed by the Transportation Security Administration.

Present fines may be as high as $12,210 for a first offense and up to $17,062 for repeat offenders.