Thorp Police Chief: Man exercising Second Amendment rights prompts numerous calls into dispatch

THORP, Wis. (WSAW) - Thorp Police say there is no wrongdoing after an armed man was spotted walking around the city Thursday evening.

Chief Tydon Schneider said just before 7 p.m. Thursday, multiple calls came in to the Clark County Dispatch Center reporting a man openly carrying a rifle slung across his chest.

Officers from the Thorp Police Department and the Clark County Sheriff’s Office approached the man and confirmed that he was lawfully exercising his Second Amendment rights by openly carrying the firearm.

According to witness reports, the man was in the vicinity of S. Adams St. and W. Prospect St., Conway Park, McDonald’s, and on S. Washington St., moving northbound towards the Stanley St. area.

Chief Schneider said there was no indication the man approached the Thorp School buildings.