Jessica Jessie Wells was 36 and well known in Green River and neighboring Rock Springs for her ties to family and local restaurants. Born August 28, 1985, she married William Billy Wells in 2009 and was mother to two children, Payton and Saylor. Friends and co-workers remembered her love of camping, fishing, hunting, playing cornhole, and being with family; she worked as a waitress most recently at The Hitching Post.

On the night of June 23, 2022, police were first sent to a disturbance on Riverview Drive involving 51-year-old Douglas Wolf. Minutes later officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the Embassy Tavern. Wolf allegedly entered the bar with a .22 Magnum pistol and fired multiple times. Jessie Wells and 39-year-old Aaron Sadler were killed; a third patron, Brian Nussbaum, was shot and hospitalized. Law enforcement later located Wolf north of Rock Springs; he was found with a gunshot wound to his head and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on June 24, 2022. Authorities said no officers fired during the confrontation and had not announced a motive.

A community of friends, family, and the Embassy Tavern organized benefit events and memorial gatherings to support the victims’ families and remember Jessie’s life. If anyone knew Jessie or was at the Embassy Tavern that night and can help clarify what happened, please share what is known.