TSA Body Cam Footage Shows The Moment Nancy Guthrie Sheriff Chris Nanos Was Caught At Airport With Undeclared Gun

It’s been over 4 months since Nancy Guthrie went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

Since February 1st, authorities on both the federal and state levels have been attempting to find the 84-year-old but have not been able to locate her or arrest her abductors.

One of the lead investigators in the case is Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who has faced backlash for how he has handled the search for Guthrie.

Nanos is also receiving heat after he was stopped by TSA agents in April for bringing a gun into Tucson International Airport without declaring it.

Fox News has now obtained footage of the moment Nanos was stopped by the TSA.

Fox News provided further details on the newly obtained footage:

Fox News Digital has obtained security video through a public records request showing Sheriff Chris Nanos stopped for bringing an undeclared handgun to a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the Tucson International Airport ahead of a trip to Laguna Beach in California.

Active-duty law enforcement officers are typically allowed to fly armed if they meet federal requirements and notify the airline in advance, according to the TSA. However, critics have complained to the county board of supervisors that the sheriff was treated more leniently than the average citizen would have been.

And the video, recorded in November 2024, has been publicly released for the first time just after Pima County deputies have arrested three YouTubers for allegedly creating a public nuisance in Nancy Guthrie’s neighborhood, raising First Amendment concerns.

The three streamers were identified as Alex Zabel, who uses the online moniker Criminal Network; Troy Bradshaw, who goes by “DAA JUICE”; and Damian Enderle, who runs the 857 Tucson channel.

Nanos missed his flight but was released without charges. Zabel and Bradshaw were both briefly jailed on June 8, while Enderle was given a citation.

“It looks like our lovely Sheriff Nanos has decided to go after YouTubers, streamers, and freelance journalists who dare enter the very street where Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped,” Enderle wrote on X Tuesday. “Meanwhile, less than a mile south, in a county-patrolled area, it appears to be a homeless fentanyl free-for-all.”

Watch the footage here:

Nanos previously made national headlines after Reuters reported Nanos was withholding key evidence in the Guthrie case from the FBI:

An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Thursday.

The FBI asked Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos for physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from the home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, to be processed at the FBI’s national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but Nanos has insisted instead on using a private lab in Florida, the official said.

Nanos did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters. But in an interview with Tucson television station KVOA late on Thursday, he said the FBI agreed with his decision to send newly discovered evidence to the lab, which has worked with his office for years.

The U.S. law enforcement official said outsourcing forensic analysis to a Florida contractor, effectively denying the access of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to crucial evidence in the case, is delaying the FBI’s ability to assist in the case.

Nanos denied the allegations, calling them “not even close to the truth” in the interview with KVOA, an NBC affiliate. He told the station that he discussed the matter with the FBI on Thursday morning.