Last Thursday morning about 10:30 a.m. a report came in that an individual with a rifle was near school grounds. The Forks Police Chief issued the following statement regarding that situation:

“The City of Forks’ Police Department, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department, and Washington State Patrol deployed to the Quillayute Valley School District in response to a report of a strange man with a gun being on the school campus. At the same time, the QVSD placed their campus on lockdown pursuant to district policy.

Officers arrived within less than two minutes and located the individual in question. The individual was wearing hunting attire with a bright orange hunting vest; his face painted with camo, and carrying a shotgun slung over his shoulder. The officers detained the hunter, identified him, and proceeded to ask about his presence at the school.

During…