American Airlines worker arrested with stolen gun at airport

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police said an American Airlines employee was arrested after she tried to get a stolen gun through a security checkpoint at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Tuesday.

Officers arrested Elvira Thomas after TSA agents spotted the gun passing through the x-ray scanner, according to police.

Investigators later found out the gun was stolen from somewhere else in the state.