LR mayor candidate Steve Landers admits he recently left loaded gun in a restaurant bathroom [View all]

For a candidate campaigning largely on the gun crimes roiling our capital city, leaving a loaded weapon behind in a busy restaurant bathroom is a remarkable gaffe. But it’s one Little Rock mayoral candidate Steve Landers is owning up to.

Rumors about Landers leaving his gun in the bathroom at The Root restaurant on Main Street earlier this summer have been making the rounds for weeks. On Monday evening, anonymous Twitter user @LRProud501 forced the issue, posting a tweet to make the accusation public and calling on Landers to explain himself.

A records search with the Little Rock Police Tuesday morning produced an incident report confirming a gun had been left in the bathroom at The Root at 1500 Main St. on May 27. The report did not include the gun owner’s name.

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