'Active shooter' drills occur in courthouse

Officers take down two “gunmen” during a hostage situation scenario Thursday at the Whitman County Courthouse as part of a three-part active shooter training.

The two “gunmen” portrayed by Sherrif’s Deputy Jim Pelissier and Corrections Office Dana Meserve, were back to cause trouble in the Superior Court room where Pelissier “shot” a murder trial defendant. Officers responded, below, as a KLEW camera recorded.

Shots were fired in the Whitman County courtroom Thursday. The judge and court staff bolted for safety and spectators hit the ground as sheriff’s deputies responded, shot the assailant a...