Travis Meier had ordered a hydration vest designed for carrying water on long-distance runs or bike rides. He found a white sealed plastic Amazon package on his doorstep on Feb. 12.
It was the vest he’d ordered, but Meier said it felt heavier than he’d expected. So he checked the pockets. Inside was a holstered handgun — a Ruger LCP 380.
A black handgun and holster that Travis Meier says he found inside a sealed Amazon package he'd ordered. It’s a small gun, about the size of Meier’s hand, he said. At first, he thought it might be a toy or a lighter — until he opened up the chamber and found bullets inside.
"Once I saw what was going on, I'm just like, ’oh my god, I cannot believe what I'm seeing right now,’" Meier said.
That scared him. Meier said he’s taken gun safety classes and knew how to handle the weapon, but he’s worried about what could have happened if a child or someone without training had opened it — or, if the gun had fired in transit.
"I cannot believe that this thing did not fire," Meier said. "This could have been anybody, and it could have gotten somebody killed."
Meier called 911 after opening the package and officers came that evening. According to the police report, they collected the gun and six cartridges, along with the holster and Amazon packaging.