Green Bay Packers player Rasheed Walker was arrested at LaGuardia Airport Friday morning after he tried to check a bag that contained a handgun and ammunition, prosecutors said.
The 25-year-old offensive lineman was taken into custody just before 11 a.m. after telling a Delta Air Lines employee that his luggage contained a locked box holding his 9mm Glock pistol, according to a criminal complaint.
Port Authority police were alerted and responded to Terminal C, where they searched his bag and found the firearm and 36 rounds of ammo secured in the locked case.
Walker — who joined the Wisconsin team in May 2022 — was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm.
His attorney, Arthur Aidala, told The Post that the firearm was legally licensed in Wisconsin, where Walker plays football.
Aidala said the NFL player didn’t realize he couldn’t travel with the gun in New York.
“It was in a locked box and he disclosed it to the people at the airport,” Aidala explained.
“He told a person from Delta he was traveling with a firearm. He mistakenly thought because he had a licensed firearm and it was in a locked box that he was able to travel with it. We are confident the case will be dismissed.”
The seventh round draft pick appeared in Queens County Criminal Court on the gun charge and was released on his own recognizance.
He is due back in court on March 19.
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