Police: Detective left gun in movie theater restroom
YBOR CITY --
Tampa Police say a loaded gun left in an Ybor City movie theater bathroom over the weekend belongs to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s detective.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office identified the detective as 38-year-old Luke Hussey, a 13-year-veteran.
A 9-year-old boy found the handgun inside a bathroom at the Muvico Theater in Centro Ybor shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
The boy alerted his father, who retrieved the loaded Glock 26 and called 911, according to police. Officers arrived and took possession of the weapon.
Police say the detective contacted them, saying he placed the gun on the toilet paper dispenser while using the restroom and accidentally forgot the weapon.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said by the time Hussey realized his mistake and went looking for the gun, he was told by the movie manager Tampa officers had already arrived and impounded it.
Hussey was off duty and attending a movie, police say. The gun was his personal firearm.
Tampa Police will turn the weapon over to the sheriff's office for them to handle the incident administratively.
The sheriff’s office says it has already begun an administrative investigation to determine any policy violations that may have occurred.
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