A search is underway for a suspect who opened fire Saturday morning at a hospital in Portland, Ore., authorities said.
Portland Police Bureau Sgt. Kevin Allen told reporters at a news conference that the shooting was reported around 11 a.m. PT at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in northwest Portland.
Allen said “one or more people were injured by gunfire,” but declined to provide details on the exact number of victims or their conditions.
Responding law enforcement officers locked down the hospital and began “fanning the entire neighborhood” in search of the suspect, Allen said.
A nearby Fred Meyer grocery store was also evacuated and searched, but the suspect was not located inside, he said.
A possible motive for the shooting has not been reported, nor have details been given about the circumstances that led to it.
A shelter-in-place order remained in effect for the hospital, Allen said, with the situation “considered an active tactical incident.”
Jonathan Avery, a spokesman for Legacy Health, said that while “the hospital is safe at this time, we remain in a lockdown situation,” and all visitors, patients and staff were asked to stay away.
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