SAN FRANCISCO — A flight attendant found an ICE officer’s gun unattended in a public restroom at San Francisco International Airport last month, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has confirmed.
\n\nThe gun was found in the stall of a men’s bathroom past the security checkpoint in Terminal 2 on the evening of July 21, according to SFO public information officer Doug Yakel.
\n\nThe flight attendant who found it reported the gun to security staff, who closed the restroom to the public and called 911, Yakel said in an email.
\n\nSan Francisco police officers responded within minutes and were on scene when the ICE officer later returned to retrieve the lost firearm, Yakel said. It’s still unclear how long the gun was left sitting in the bathroom before it was found.
\n\nThe airport reported the incident to TSA for potential follow-up action, Yakel added.
\n\nIt’s unclear what the ICE officer was doing at SFO or whether he has faced any discipline. Yakel said the airport wasn’t privy to the nature of ICE’s presence at the airport that evening, and ICE has not responded to questions sent Wednesday morning by NBC Bay Area.
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