SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – There were some tense moments near Sedro-Woolley High School as officers arrest a convicted felon carrying a shotgun Monday morning, December 6th.
Sedro-Woolley Police post that reports came in about a person with a weapon a block north of the school at about 7:30 a.m.
An officer confronted the suspect but he claimed it was a pellet gun and ran away.
The officer ran after him and the suspect turned and swung the gun like a club.
The officer subdued him and found the weapon was a loaded shotgun.
Multiple baggies of suspected methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl were found on the suspect, who has been convicted of multiple felonies in the past.
Police don’t think there was a direct threat to the school.