Oregon Hospital Safety Guard Dies After Being Shot in Hospital; Police Later Kill Suspect

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A safety guard died after being shot at an Oregon hospital Saturday, and the suspect was later killed by police in a close-by neighborhood, authorities mentioned.

Police responded to stories that an individual with not less than one firearm fired photographs inside Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Heart in Portland, the Portland Police Bureau mentioned in a press release. Arriving officers looked for the shooter whereas working with hospital workers to deal with the guard, who was transferred to a different facility, the place he later died.

Police from varied companies later tracked the suspect’s car to close by Gresham, situated about 15 miles (24 kilometers) east of Portland, the place the car was stopped. Officers shot and killed the suspect, and no law enforcement officials had been injured, the discharge mentioned.

The suspect’s identify has not been launched. Police had been investigating a motive for the capturing.

The hospital recognized the slain safety guard as Bobby Smallwood. In a press release, it mentioned one other workers member was shot within the incident and was in secure situation. That particular person has not been recognized. No sufferers had been injured within the incident, the hospital mentioned.

In a information briefing on the hospital, Portland Police Bureau Sgt. Kevin Allen mentioned he couldn’t affirm that anybody else was harm “associated to the gunfire” on the hospital.

The preliminary emergency name from hospital safety reported “somebody visiting a affected person verbally threatened hospital workers” earlier than the capturing, OregonLive/The Oregonian reported. Witnesses mentioned that they heard three to 4 photographs fired.

“Phrases can not specific the profound grief we’re experiencing,” Kathryn Correia, Legacy Well being president and CEO, mentioned within the hospital assertion. “We provide our unwavering help to Bobby’s family members, to our sufferers in our care, to the workers at Legacy Good Samaritan and to all of our staff and suppliers struggling immediately.”

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