By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 31-year-old man who showed up at a Yelm fire station last night with a gunshot wound in the abdomen refused to tell sheriff’s deputies how he was shot and gave conflicting information on where it happened, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called about 7:20 p.m. to the Mill Road station of the Southeast Thurston Fire Authority in Yelm, according to sheriff’s Lt. Greg Elwin.
Matthew Aho, 31, of Yelm, had been dropped off there and was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia where he was scheduled for surgery, Elwin said today.
Investigators today were trying to learn more about what occurred, according to Elwin.
Aho said he thought the shooting happened in front of Country Joe’s, a convenience store near Nisqually Pines, but his story also suggested another location, according to Elwin.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information about this shooting incident is asked to call the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office at 360-786-5500 or 360-704.2740 or Thurston County Crime Stoppers at 360-493-2222.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter