TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - A Tallahassee woman is asking for the public's help to find a pistol that went missing somewhere inside the Governor's Square Mall.

The woman, who asked not to be identified, tells WTXL she was shopping at Governor's Square Mall Sunday when she realized she had lost her gun somewhere at the mall. She says she kept in the bottom basket of her child's stroller and perhaps it fell out when she was moving a diaper bag.

She says she carries the pistol for protection and that it was inside a black zipper case. She says it was the kind of case where you wouldn't know what was inside until you opened it.

She did a search with mall security, which she says turned up nothing.

The woman says she fears the gun could have been picked up by a teenager "who thinks it's cool to have a gun" and their parents may be unaware of it.

She's offering a reward and asking for it to be returned, no questions asked.

Anyone who may have been information about the missing gun is asked to call the Tallahassee Police Department at (850) 891-4200.