Employee Enters Gwinnett Courthouse with Gun

Employee claims she was unaware that a gun was in her handbag when she showed up for work at the Gwinnett County Courthouse. The gun was discovered in the X-ray machine. Even more scary than that is the fact that the gun wasn't noticed until the employee had left the screening area.

Deputies at the employee-only line of the security station saw the gun on the X-ray machine and stopped the belt to examine the bag.

After checking the bag on the belt, deputies realized that the bag containing the gun had already passed through the machine and been picked up, Bourbonnais said.

"She came through the employee line and they've been trying to process that line pretty fast," Bourbonnais said.

Deputies used surveillance camera footage to identify and track down the woman, but it took them several hours. By that time, the employee had already realized her mistake and returned the gun to her car, Bourbonnais said.