Lakeside Shooting, Oct. 16

Osprey Pt. CCSO release – On 10-14-18 at approximately 8:51 pm, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the Osprey Point regarding a shooting which had just occurred. Coos County Sheriff’s Deputies, Oregon State Police, Coquille Tribal Police and the North Bend Police responded to the Osprey Point Pub (Lakeside, Oregon). Upon arrival at the scene at about 9:07 pm the law enforcement officers found a male subject suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Medics from the Lakeside Fire Department and Lower Umpqua Ambulance treated the male. Plainclothes investigators from the Coos County Sheriff’s Office began arriving at about 10:04 pm. The wounded subject, Philip Clayton Wells (35 yoa of Coos Bay) was transported to Bay Area Hospital and later flown to Oregon Health Sciences University hospital for further treatment. He was last reported to be in stable condition. The other involved party, a male subject, is cooperating with law enforcement. His name is being withheld in this initial press release as the investigation is ongoing. This matter is under further investigation by the Coos County Major Crime Team.