Updated at 8:57 a.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Responders were called overnight for a gunshot victim behind a business on the 600 block of West Main Street in Chehalis.
“Police were already on the scene, the male subject was with them behind the Dairy Bar,” Chehalis Firefighter Pennie McCarty said.
He was transported to the airport and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, McCarty said.
Chehalis Police Department Deputy Chief Randy Kaut said he was briefed by an officer by phone about 3 o’clock this morning.
The man was conscious and talking and had a gunshot wound to his abdomen and stomach area, Kaut said. There was nobody else around and a shotgun was recovered, he said.
“It appears it was self inflicted by the person who called,” Kaut said. “At this point, I don’t know his condition.”
Kaut said he believed the 30-year-old Doty resident worked security for a fenced area nearby, and was staying in a camper there.
Police today will be trying to figure out what happened and why, Kaut said.
Lewis County Communications call log summary indicates police and fire were dispatched at 2:54 a.m.
This is a developing news story. Lewis County Sirens will follow up to try to learn the man’s condition. His name was not released.