Police say a suspect is dead after a shooting July 22 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Ore., that left a hospital security guard dead and another employee injured.
At about 11 a.m., officers responded to a report of a threat inside the hospital where a person was seen armed with at least one firearm, according to a news release from Portland Police.
"When officers arrived, they were notified by hospital security staff that shots had been fired," police said. "Officers began searching for the suspect, while hospital staff began shelter-in-place protocols. Officers learned that the security guard was wounded, and they worked with hospital staff to begin treatment."
Officers learned that the suspect had left the hospital, and a search began.
The injured security guard, identified by the hospital as Bobby Smallwood, was transferred to a Level 1 Trauma Center, where he died despite additional lifesaving treatment efforts, police said. No patients were hurt.
A second hospital employee was injured, according to a statement from Portland-based Legacy Health. The health system said the employee suffered a shrapnel injury, was treated at Good Samaritan and released to go home July 22.
"Words cannot express the profound grief we are experiencing," Kathryn Correia, Legacy Health president and CEO, said in a news release. "We offer our unwavering support to Bobby's 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."
Legacy Health also said: "We are grateful for our [other] employee's recovery and to our providers, nurses and staff who cared for our injured staff member after Saturday's tragic incident."
Officers located the suspect in a vehicle in Gresham, Ore. The suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting, police said. No officers were injured.
Legacy Health said the Good Samaritan emergency department moved out of divert status at 7:30 p.m. July 22 and is operating like normal.
The Good Samaritan family birth center remains on divert status.