Portland
\nAuthorities in Oregon said Saturday that one person was dead and another was injured after an armed suspect entered Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center and opened fire in Portland before fleeing the scene.
\nThe suspect in the Good Samaritan shooting was killed after he was stopped in a vehicle by police in Gresham, east of Portland, according to a press release from the police.
\nThe police received the reports and responded Good Samaritan shooting at around 11am local time after they were told that there was an armed man inside the hospital, according to Sargent Kevin Allen.
\nThe police were told that a person had opened fire inside the hospital. \u201cA witness told officers the suspected shooter had already left the hospital by the time police arrived,\u201d Allen said.
\nBobby Smallwood, a security guard at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, was shot and killed during the incident, the statement from the police and the hospital read.
\nThe hospital said that another unnamed staff member was injured and is in stable condition.
\nA nearby grocery store was evacuated and searched by the police as a part of an intensive investigation.
\nPortland police said: \u201cOfficers later located the suspect and stopped the vehicle he was in. During the incident, shots were fired by police. The suspect is deceased. No officers were injured.\u201d
\nThe statement from Portland police also stated that three officers \u201cused deadly force in this incident,\u201d and their \u201cidentities would be made public within 15 days barring any security threats.\u201d
\nThe release also stated that the hospital, which was put on lockdown after the incident, lifted its shelter-in-place directive around 4:15pm local time.
\nAuthorities did not reveal the identity of the suspect.
\n\u201cWords cannot express the profound grief we are experiencing,\u201d said Kathryn Correia, Legacy Health\u2019s president and CEO, in a statement.
\n\u201cWe offer our unwavering support to Bobby\u2019s loved ones, to our patients in our care, to the staff at Legacy Good Samaritan and to all of our employees and providers suffering today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Portland Authorities in Oregon said Saturday that one person was dead and another was injured after an armed suspect entered Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center and opened fire in Portland before fleeing the scene. The suspect in the Good Samaritan shooting was killed after he was stopped in a vehicle by police in Gresham, east […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-344967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n