No evidence of gunfire at Hanford building after reports

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to reports of shots fired inside a building at the Hanford Site, but authorities say deputies found no evidence of a shooting and no victims at the decommissioned nuclear production facility. The Tri-City Herald reports employees of the building were evacuated, while others working at the site went into lockdown. Hanford officials said Tuesday afternoon that most personnel could return to their duties and that reports indicate that work activities likely caused the noises reported as shots fired. The 580-square-mile (1,502-square-kilometer) Hanford site, located along the Columbia River, produced almost two-thirds of the plutonium for the nation’s nuclear weapons program from World War II through the Cold War.