GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz was charged on Friday with a weapons violation at Dulles Airport, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Airports Authority told CNN.

U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz was charged with a weapons violation Friday after a gun was found in her carry-on luggage at a Washington, D.C., area airport, WISH-TV has reported. TSA staff at Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia detected an unloaded .

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has charged Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz with carrying a firearm through Dulles airport security, authorities said this week

A spokesperson for the Indiana Republican said she "accidentally carried an empty handgun in her suitcase with no magazine or bullets."

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) was charged with a weapons violation last week after she brought a handgun to Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, authorities and Spartz’s office say. The incident occurred Friday,

The spokesperson also stated that she was charged on June 28, citing Section § 18.2-287.01 of Virginia law, Carrying a Weapon in an Air Carrier Airport Terminal.

Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has been charged with bringing a firearm through airport security, authorities said Monday. Spartz, 45, was charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor under Virginia law,