PORTLAND, Ore. — Dozens of police officers responded to Legacy Emanuel Hospital on Monday night after four people involved in a shooting arrived at the emergency room and a large crowd gathered outside.
Portland Police Lt. Greg Pashley told KGW officers arrived at the hospital at 9:57 p.m. after a gunshot victim arrived by private car. Pashley said within minutes, three other gunshot victims arrived at the ER and a large and emotional crowd gathered outside the hospital.
At 10:09 p.m., more officers from throughout the city were sent to the hospital "to diffuse arguments and fights" in the crowd and "restore peace at the hospital".
Police said the crowd was combative with staff, interfering with the emergency department and ambulance bay and creating a potentially dangerous situation. Several people had guns.
Lt. Pashley said the situation started to calm down within minutes. Officers began leaving within the next hour and by 12:23 a.m., all officers were cleared from the hospital.
Police said the shooting happened at Swan Island earlier, around 9:45 p.m. A caller told emergency dispatchers that a group went to a funeral and then met up at McDonald's on North Going Street, where the shooting took place. Investigators found more than 50 cartridge casings of different calibers at the scene and saw multiple cars leaving the island.
Investigators say bullets hit at least two semi-tractor trailers with people inside. Buildings on the island were also hit.
Dispatch said police referred to the large gathering at Legacy Emanuel as a "gang fight."
The shooting victims' injuries are not life threatening, according to police. They didn't say whether they made any arrests nor did they release suspect information.
Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell warned Saturday that several vigils and funerals planned in the coming days were credible targets for potential gun violence, and over the weekend, Portland police and FBI-Portland worked together to provide a more visible presence in the community to deter gun violence.
Steele confirmed an agent embedded with the Metro Safe Streets Task Force responded with PPB officers to the shooting scene Monday night. The agency is helping police investigate the shooting.
FBI Portland spokesperson Beth Anne Stele said the agency will continue working with partner agencies, including Portland Police Bureau, to "help determine linkages between cases and which cases may include a federal nexus".
The Safe Streets Task Force's goal is to partner with PPB and other agencies to break the cycle of retaliatory violence, which means holding shooters responsible and getting guns off the streets, Steele says. The FBI can enhance local law enforcement's investigative abilities by adding its resources.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to e-mail crimetips@portlandoregon.gov and reference case 21-133267.
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