If you were out for a walk and found a loaded gun, would you know what to do? That happened recently in Maplewood, Minnesota. Police there say they can't recall the last time it happened.

The woman said she was walking her dog in the area of Century Avenue South and Linwood Avenue East when she saw what looked like a toy gun. She says she picked it up and once she felt the weight of it, she quickly realized she was holding a real gun.

Maplewood police responded to collect the weapon, which was loaded. A broken gun holster was found near the curb, about 15 feet away.

Lt. Joe Steiner says the gun is a Springfield XD 40 caliber semi-automatic handgun.

"In this case, a likely scenario is that someone had it on top of their vehicle, and as they were driving around the corner of the street,

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