In an interesting turn of events, the information regarding a female Guest bringing a weapon into Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but it appears as if it was a man bringing a gun into Epcot who was detained.
Reports have now been updated to state that a male Guest was entering Epcot early on Monday when he got to the bag check area before going to the metal detectors. He advised security that he did have a weapon on him which was a Smith and Wesson Bodyguard .380 automatic.
The gun was loaded.
Michael Langston, who was from Abita Springs, Louisiana, had the gun in a case underneath his jacket. It was actually tied around him and attached to his body as he was trying to enter Epcot.
Police reports stated that Langston had no intention of declaring his firearm and was attempting to bring the loaded gun into Epcot. He was detained and then arrested for being in possession of a concealed weapon.
Langston also did not have a permit.
WDWNT has reported that the information from earlier about Animal Kingdom ended up being untrue and that signals had been crossed as to what actually transpired.
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It appears as if some people just don’t end up learning and realizing that guns simply can’t be brought anywhere and everywhere. A female Guest was reportedly arrested after attempting to bring a gun into Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
According to a report from WDWNT, a female Guest was at the bag check of Animal Kingdom when the gun was found. Security was doing their usual bag check when the gun was located in the women’s possession before she got to the metal detectors at the entrance of the park.
Eyewitness reports state that the gun was confiscated by authorities and the woman was handcuffed before being taken away from Animal Kingdom by law enforcement.
As of this time, Disney security does a mandatory bag check on all bags that Guests have on them as they attempt to enter the parks. From that point, additional security screenings happen at random with some Guests being asked to go through metal detectors or to be checked with metal detector wands.
There was no further word as of this writing as to charges filed or if the Guest was still being detained.
Disney does state on their official site that no weapons are allowed in their theme parks:
“Weapons of any kind, or objects that appear to be weapons (also including toy blasters, squirt guns, etc.)” are prohibited.
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The incident at Animal Kingdom was separate and a woman was arrested Monday with bringing a loaded weapon into the parks or trying to Monday as well. She was from Alabama.