Allegheny County Police have charged a Fayette County man, without a license to carry, with trying to bring a firearm through security at Pittsburgh International Airport.

A West Virginia man was arrested after TSA intercepted a gun at the Pittsburgh International Airport. The handgun was found at a security checkpoint in a carry-on bag on Wednesday. It belonged to a Morgantown resident. TSA said they are on pace to set a record for most guns caught at the airport in a year.

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Allegheny County Police said that they have charged a Fayette County man after TSA officers found a gun on him at the Pittsburgh International Airport main security checkpoint.

"It is extremely concerning that so many individuals are coming to our checkpoints with their loaded guns," the TSA's federal security director for Pennsylvania said.

A Morgantown man was arrested after bringing a gun to the Pittsburgh International Airport in his carry-on bag.

TSA officers at Pittsburgh International Airport intercepted a firearm from a Portage, Pennsylvania, man during checkpoint screening on Monday -- the fifth fir