PRESS RELEASE – DISPUTE WITH FIREARM

WARREN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

200 SKYLINE VISTA DRIVE · FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA 22630

Mark A. But­ler, Sher­iff

PRESS RELEASE – DISPUTE WITH FIREARM

In the ear­ly hours of May 23, 2023, deputies were called to a dis­pute at 197 Moun­tain Lau­rel Lane, Front Roy­al VA, where an indi­vid­ual alleged­ly fired a gun at anoth­er per­son present. This address was famil­iar to the deputies due to an ongo­ing dis­agree­ment between the land­lord and tenants.

Upon arrival, deputies inter­viewed wit­ness­es and watched a cell phone video that was record­ed by a bystander. The inquiry dis­closed that dur­ing the alter­ca­tion, Alan Wayne For­ney, aged 68, fired a 12-gauge shot­gun into the air and just above the head of anoth­er man named Jessie Lake. Alan Wayne For­ney was con­se­quent­ly tak­en into cus­tody on charges of bran­dish­ing and reck­less­ly han­dling a firearm, before being trans­port­ed to the Rappahannock/Warren/Shenandoah Jail.

A 12-gauge shot­gun was retrieved from the crime scene as evi­dence. If any­body has addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion con­cern­ing this inci­dent, they are encour­aged to con­tact Deputy Dof­fer­mire at 540–635-4128.

Approved for release:  Cap­tain R. C. Mumaw 

UNCLASSIFIED | FOR PUBLIC RELEASE