Lincoln Police are investigating after a loaded handgun was found on the shelf of a changing room at Sears.

LPD said on February 21 around 2:45 p.m., a 35-year-old Sears' employee said she was cleaning the changing room when she found a loaded 9 mm handgun on the shelf.

The woman notified the store manager, police said, and the owner of the gun was contacted.

He said he forgot his gun in the fitting room.