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Police: Not enough info to close investigation yet BY PAUL GOTTLIEB
think were the driver and the suspect,” Smith said last week. “We haven’t referred the case PORT ANGELES — More yet because we can’t say positively than a month after a black man that we have the right two people.” told police he was assaulted by a white man yelling racial slurs, More than estimated police have yet to close the invesSmith said the victim had first tigation despite identifying a susestimated six high school-age peopected assailant. They do not have enough infor- ple were present — three males mation to put the joint FBI-city and three females. “We may have more people police investigation to rest and make a charging recommendation there than we originally thought,” to the Clallam County Prosecut- Smith said, adding he had no idea ing Attorney’s Office, Police Chief how many people were actually there. Brian Smith said. “There’s no way for a victim in The investigation into the attack the night of July 17 in a that situation to have known an residential neighborhood was exact number of people that were expanded after police began con- there,” Smith said. sidering whether more people witnessed the attack than was Other people first reported, Smith said Friday. “There’s a very strong possibility other people were there. Identified suspect There’s no way to know it because Within a week of the assault of the victim does not know it.” Those interviewed have not the 22-year-old Clallam County man, investigators had identified said much to police, Smith said. He said that didn’t necessarily a suspected assailant and the person who drove the attacker away mean they were not cooperating. “That could be one way to from the Eighth Street bridges interpret what’s going on,” he area south of downtown, Smith said. “It could be that everyone is said. Smith said investigators have telling us what they know.” He said investigators must interviewed five people who were convince people to talk to police. present for the assault near the “Nobody has to talk to us at all, intersection of South Cedar and nobody has to tell us anything,” West Ninth streets near the Smith said. Eighth Street bridges. TURN TO CRIME/A9 “We’ve spoken to people we PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Jamie Michel, nearshore biologist with the Coastal Watershed Institute, stands on a newly formed beach east of the Elwha River mouth on Friday.
Beach renewed after armoring removed
BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — It didn’t take long for a half-mile section of eroded beach to be transformed after derelict armor was removed east of the Elwha River mouth. In one tidal cycle, parts of the sediment-starved, coarse-cobble shoreline were covered by 6 feet to 10 feet of sand as the Beach Lake Acquisition and Restoration project was put into motion last weekend. TURN TO ELWHA/A8
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The beach lake restoration site before restoration.
Officials prepare for worst in shooting drill Sequim exercise a state mandate BY JESSE MAJOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
CARLSBORG — First responders in Clallam County prepared for a worst-case scenario during a mass shooting drill at Greywolf Elementary School. Friday’s drill was the first active shooter mass casualty drill to include several Clallam County law enforcement agencies, fire departments and paramedics. The drill at Greywolf Elementary at 171 Carlsborg Road was also the first on-site active shooter drill State Patrol Trooper Alisha Gruszewski has participated in
locally. Practicing on-site helps her and other responders become more familiar with the school, which helps if a real emergency would occur, she said. As Gruszewski entered the school, children with simulated injuries began crying and yelling for help. They asked how their friends were doing and if they were going to live. Amid all the confusion, she and other officers still needed to concentrate on the shooter, who remained inside. Many of those involved had to block out the pain and helplessness of the mock victims and con-
centrate on eliminating the threat. “There were a lot of voices and a lot of different combinations of things going on when we’re in there,” she said. “It’s trying to pick out the things that are most important and then zoning out on the rest.” As she approached the building, she said the first thing on her mind was communication, thinking about how to interact with different agencies and how it was going to go when she got inside. Law enforcement from the Sequim Police Department, Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, Olympic National Park, State Patrol and U.S. Border Patrol participated in the drill.
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Paramedics and officers respond to to a mass shooting TURN TO DRILL/A8 drill at Greywolf Elementary School in Carlsborg on Friday.
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