A maternity ward in Oregon is the scene of fatal gunfire
Gunfire has erupted in a maternity unit of an Oregon hospital, fatally wounding an unarmed security guard and leading to renewed calls to protect health care workers from increasing violence
By ANDREW SELSKY
Published - Jul 24, 2023, 08:50 PM ET
Last Updated - Jul 24, 2023, 08:51 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gunfire erupted in a maternity unit of an Oregon hospital over the weekend, fatally wounding an unarmed security guard and leading to renewed calls Monday to protect health care workers from increasing violence.
Gun violence in America has hit supermarkets, churches, a synagogue, schools — and now a birthing center.
Police were summoned Saturday morning to Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, with callers reporting that a man with a gun was threatening hospital workers, Portland Police Sgt. Kevin Allen said. By the time the officers arrived, shots had been fired and security guard Bobby Smallwood lay mortally wounded. Another hospital staffer was hit by fragments.
Police feared the worst.
