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The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible self-inflicted, accidental gunshot wound that injured a man in the Mill City area on Tuesday morning.

Karl Wayne Wise Jr., 40, of Grants Pass is being treated at Santiam Memorial Hospital in Stayton and is listed in stable condition with a wound to his leg.

He was dropped off at the hospital by a pickup, did not initially cooperate with the investigation and refused to give his identity, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.

Wise, however, has been arrested on a statewide failure to appear warrant based on weapons charges out of Josephine County and a parole violation warrant.

Hospital officials notified law officers about the gunshot wound at about 3:50 a.m. Tuesday.

Wise told hospital staff that he was wounded somewhere in Mill City near the Circle K store.

A Sheriff's Office supervisor said it's not unusual for people not to tell authorities their names during investigations, but most often, police are able to determine the identity of a subject.

Kyle Odegard

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