"Law & Order" Finds Real Handgun During Filming

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) The discovery of a real gun brought real police officers to "Law & Order: Los Angeles" during location filming.

Series spokeswoman Pam Golum said the NBC crime drama was filming Wednesday in the Culver City area west of downtown Los Angeles when a cameraman spotted the weapon on a rock.

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Los Angeles police spokeswoman Karen Rayner says the semiautomatic handgun was in working order. It will be test-fired, with the results logged for possible crime matches.

Skeet Ulrich and Corey Stoll, who star as detectives Rex Winters and Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski on the show, were on location for a scene in which they arrest a man for murder.

The show also stars Alfred Molina, Terrence Howard, Regina Hall and Peter Coyote.