It's the mysterious case of the Glock that took a walk.



The mystery began on Wednesday afternoon when an Oregon State Police detective visited the intensive care unit at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland while following up on an investigation.



The detective, whose name has not been released for reasons that soon will become clear, took a potty break in a unisex restroom.





Later, after leaving the hospital, it dawned on the detective that she had left her handgun -- a black Glock Model 22 semiautomatic, in a holster -- in the lavatory. State police, assisted by hospital security, looked for the weapon, interviewing staffers and visitors.

But the sidearm had skedaddled.

Now state police are looking for the public's help in finding the Glock, which has been listed as a lost or stolen weapon in Oregon's Law Enforcement Data System, according to Lt. Gregg Hastings, a state police spokesman.

It's extremely rare, Hastings said, for a trooper to lose a firearm like that.

"These things are part of our bodies when we are working," he said.

Hastings described the detective as extremely disappointed.

Anyone with information about the galloping Glock is asked to phone Sgt. Jon Harrington at 503-731-3020, ext. 258.

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