green Bay Packers offensive lineman Rasheed Walker He was arrested Friday morning at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when he tried to check a bag that contained a firearm.
According to the New York Post, Walker, 25, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm. He appeared in Queens County Criminal Court on gun charges and was released later Friday.
According to the Post, citing a criminal complaint, Walker told an airline employee that he had a locked box in his bag that contained a handgun. After being alerted by the employee, Port Authority police searched Walker’s bag and found a 9 mm Glock pistol with 36 rounds of ammunition in a locked box.
Walker’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, told the Post that the gun was legally licensed in Wisconsin and that Walker did not know he could not travel with it in New York.
“We are confident that the matter will be resolved amicably,” Adalah told ESPN.
Walker, the Packers’ seventh-round draft pick in 2022, is scheduled to return to the court on March 19.
