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Jerry Lewis cited for gun in luggage, police say

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  • Actor was cited for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport
  • Lewis' manager says the handgun is a hollowed-out prop gun
  • Manager says Lewis didn't know the gun was in the bag with other props
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Police say they have confiscated a gun belonging to Jerry Lewis that was found in the 82-year-old entertainer's carryon bag as he prepared to fly to Detroit from Las Vegas.

Jerry Lewis was cited Friday for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport.

Jerry Lewis was cited Friday for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport.

Las Vegas policeman Bill Cassell said Tuesday that the actor was cited Friday for carrying an unloaded concealed weapon at the Las Vegas airport.

Lewis' manager, Claudia Marghilano, says the handgun is a hollowed-out prop gun that Lewis sometimes twirls during his show. She tells The Associated Press that the gun couldn't fire.

Marghilano says Lewis didn't know the gun was in the bag along with other props.

Cassell says if the gun were merely a prop "it wouldn't be a weapon and we couldn't cite him for carrying a weapon."

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