UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a nonfatal Thursday evening shooting that occurred in the Upper Lake area.

Lt. Corey Paulich said that at 1 a.m. Friday sheriff’s deputies responded to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for a report of a male subject with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

Deputies made contact with the victim in the emergency room. Paulich said the victim told deputies he was transient and for the past three days had been living on the side of Highway 20 in the Blue Lakes area.

Paulich said the man told deputies that on Thursday evening he was walking on a street in the Blue Lakes area when a male subject came up from behind and struck him in the head.

There was a scuffle and the victim was shot by the male subject. Paulich said the victim laid on the side of the road until a passerby stopped and offered to transport him to the hospital.

Detectives with the Sheriff’s Major Crime Unit are continuing the investigation, Paulich said.

Paulich said the detectives are attempting to identify the passerby who transported the victim to the hospital.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of the passerby or who may have information regarding this incident is asked to contact Sgt. John Gregore at 707-262-4238 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..