St. Thomas Public Safety recovered a holstered handgun from a restroom on the St. Paul campus Monday afternoon, according to a UST alert sent to the campus community.

The alert also said there was no current threat. A later alert said Public Safety identified the owner, who is not a student but an employee with a legal permit to carry the weapon.

University policy prohibits the possession of all weapons on campus property.

“The owner was not aware of the university’s no weapons policy,” said the alert.

The gun was turned over to the St. Paul Police Department.

“I don’t have any more information than what was in the (first) alert,” St. Thomas spokesperson Vineeta Sawkar said.

The university did not disclose which building the weapon was found in, the identity of the employee or if the handgun was loaded.

This is the second series of gun-related UST alerts this year. An alert was sent on Feb. 2 about a man with a gun near Cleveland and Marshall avenues. An all-clear was later issued.

Justin Amaker can be reached at justin.amaker@stthomas.edu.
Solveig Rennan can be reached at renn6664@stthomas.edu