By KGW.com Staff:
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A man and a woman were killed in a shooting at a Tualatin drug testing center Tuesday, according to Tualatin Police Department.
Police Chief Kent Baker said a man armed with a rifle entered the Legacy Metro Lab drug testing center at 7587 SW Mohawk St. and began firing.
At least two others were injured. The suspect was later found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot, Baker said.
Police, firefighters and medics from across Washington County and metro Portland responded after initial reports of a shooting were called in, sometime after 11 a.m., according to Jennifer Massey with Tualatin PD. SWAT teams from Washington County Major Crimes Unit were quickly on the scene, closing streets and evacuating many businesses in the business park.
Evacuees were transported to a nearby hotel, a witness told KGW. They were later released.
Schools in the Tigard-Tualatin School District were locked down as well.
Baker could not say for certain how many people were in the drug testing center when the shooter opened fire.
"I don't know. We don't know -- I just don't know how many," Baker said, adding that witnesses and bystanders were still being treated and debriefed by investigators.
The gunman's motive was unknown. It was unclear what relationship, if any, he had with the lab or anyone there.
A Good Samaritan who was driving by just after the shooting spoke with KGW early on. Mike McNeil said he saw a woman covered in blood running across the business park's parking lot.
McNeil said he stopped to help her. She told him that an armed man walked into the drug testing center, opened fire, and that three or four people had been shot.
Baker said that one victim was found across the parking lot, covered in blood, near the Subway restaurant.
Workers were allowed back in before 2 p.m. The superintendent of schools said all children were safe and that schools were no longer under lock down.
