Whitefish schools locked down as man arrested nearby

Whitefish schools were briefly locked down Wednesday afternoon while law enforcement officers took a man into custody at a residence near the high school.

The "contain and teach" status was ordered at 12:45 p.m. and was lifted a few hours later, according to Whitefish Superintendent Dave Means.

Video of the incident shared with the Inter Lake showed a man walking out of a home with his hands in the air as armed officers with a K-9 shouted commands. The man was hand-cuffed without incident.