Woman arrested on weapons charge during circus at KeyBank Center

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Rochester woman was arrested on a weapons charge for allegedly trying to enter KeyBank Center with a loaded gun in a diaper bag, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday.

Tenitia R. Cullum, 32, is accused of trying to bring the gun in the arena during Saturday night’s Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show. The handgun was allegedly found in the bag as it was going through the x-ray machine, police said.

The handgun was loaded, police said, and had one round in the chamber and six in the magazine. Police also said that Cullum did not have a pistol permit.

She is charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. She was transported pending arraignment.

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