UPDATEDx3: Terri Runnels Issues Statement on Arrest For Bringing Gun To Airport

UPDATE 3: Terri Runnels has released a new video addressing her arrest in Tampa, Florida over carrying a loaded gun into Tampa International Airport. You can see the video below, in which Runnels echoes TMZ’s report that she had the gun because she had forgotten it her backpack and had it in there because she was helping her mother deal with armadillos and “other critters.”

“So evidently, it’s everywhere that I took a loaded handgun into the Tampa International Airport,” she says. “And I literally — when I go to see my mom, I pack my gun. Because she has armadillos that ruin her garden, and other critters that go after her chickens, and I usually take my gun when I go to see her. I was with her for about a week and a half, and helping her out. I got home and was literally — I think I got eight hours sleep in three days. And then I got up this morning, Wednesday the 29th to — I think it was 4 am when I got up — to make this early flight to go to Allentown for the show, for the benefit, for Sam. And literally it did not even cross my mind that my gun was in my Vera Bradley tote that I always take on the plane with me. And it was the most — God, I’ve never in trouble in my life, and it scared the hell out of me. It was a simple mistake that, dear God it was just horrible. If you’re a praying soul, pray, because it still scares me. And I don’t even know what to say because I’m going to start crying, so, I’m going to shut up. But I at least wanted you guys to know what mistake I had made and what happened. I think some places are reporting as if I had intended to do something terrible. I simply forgot that it was in that bag. So yeah. Thanks guys, love you. Ciao.”

😮😥🙄😤 Love you all…THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE CALLS AND MESSAGES! 🙏❣ pic.twitter.com/UT3QUpf6AX

— Terri Runnels (@TheTerriRunnels) May 30, 2019

UPDATE 2: TMZ has a new report fromo Terri Runnels’ arrest for bringing a loaded gun to an airport in Tampa, Florida. According to the police report that the site obtained, Runnels told law enforcement that she just forgot that the gun was on her when she went to the airport and that it was just a mistake.

Runnels told police that she was carrying the gun because she took it to her mother’s house to deal with an armadillo who was digging up the yard. The gun was located inside of a sock in Runnels’ backpack.

UPDATE: TMZ has now released a mugshot for Terri Runnels after her arrest at an airport in Tampa, Florida earlier today. You can check out an image of the mugshot below.

Additionally, there’s a photo of the gun Runnels was allegedly carrying. It appears to be a Glock 9mm handgun. Officials are claiming the gun was loaded.

Ex-WWE Superstar Terri Runnels Arrested for Gun at Airport https://t.co/V1nmIWKXRi

— TMZ (@TMZ) May 29, 2019

ORIGINAL: PWInsider reports that Terri Runnels was arrested at 7:31 AM this morning for possession of a concealed weapon for bringing a gun to the Tampa Airport. The maximum punishment is five years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines because it’s a class three felony. The gun she had was a Glock 9 MM. She’s currently still in jail, being held on a $2,000 bond.