‘Smackdown Live’ Star Shelton Benjamin Finds Loaded Gun in Rental Car

‘Smackdown Live’ Superstar Shelton Benjamin took to his Twitter account to call out a car rental service after he found a loaded gun in their car.

Benjamin explained that he had been renting the car from Budget Car Rental and been driving around in the vehicle for the past four days.

It was only when he looked in the glove compartment when he founded the loaded gun, a Ruger. He had the following to say, clearly and rightfully furious over the incident:

“Thank you @Budget (LIT) for your great service of putting my reputation, freedom and quite possibly my life in jeopardy I’ve unknowingly been driving your car around the last 4 days with a F’N LOADED GUN in the Glove compartment!!”

You can find his tweet here:

Thank you @Budget (LIT) for your great service of putting my reputation, freedom and quite possibly my life in jeopardy I’ve unknowingly been driving your car around the last 4 days with a F’N LOADED GUN in the Glove compartment!!?????? pic.twitter.com/NZj7GmtA8V

— Shelton J. Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) February 7, 2018

Several wrestlers including fellow ‘Smackdown Live‘ star Zack Ryder and Mae Young Classic participants Marti Belle and Mia Yim responded to the incident. You can find some of these comments below.

Wtf

— Matt Cardona (@ZackRyder) February 7, 2018

pic.twitter.com/1k9Q17R16N

— The HBIC (@MiaYim) February 7, 2018

https://twitter.com/JasonAyersWWE/status/961294693651935232

OH MY GOSH!!!!! That’s so scary….

— CHELSEA GREEN (@ImChelseaGreen) February 7, 2018

Omg! That’s freaking horrible!!!

— Marti Belle (@MartiBelle) February 7, 2018

Eventually, the rental service would respond to Benjamin. Here was their response:

“Hi Shelton! We are truly sorry to hear about this unfortunate situation. We have turned this matter over to local law enforcement for an appropriate investigation. ~April”

Hi Shelton! We are truly sorry to hear about this unfortunate situation. We have turned this matter over to local law enforcement for an appropriate investigation. ~April

— Budget Car Rental (@Budget) February 7, 2018

Some were fine with that response, but others seemed to be furious that the company didn’t apologize in a sufficient enough manner.

Benjamin has not tweeted since that, so at this time we are unsure if there are any updates to the investigation and if a culprit is found, but we hope that Benjamin is compensated for this matter.

You can find a recent singles match involving Benjamin below.

Jey Uso vs. Shelton Benjamin: SmackDown LIVE, Nov. 21, 2017

What are your thoughts on this situation? Do you believe the response from Budget was sufficient?

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