Word spread one day last month through Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, that a visitor was causing trouble in the maternity ward, and nurses were warned the man might try to abduct his partner’s newborn, reports Associated Press. Hours later, the visitor opened fire, killing a security guard. The shooting was part of a wave of gun violence sweeping through U.S. hospitals and medical centers. Last year, a man killed two workers at a Dallas hospital while there to watch his child’s birth. In May 2023, a man opened fire in a medical center waiting room in Atlanta, killing one woman and wounding four. In late July, a man shot and wounded a doctor at a health center in Dallas. In June 2022, a gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical office because he blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after an operation. It’s not just deadly shootings: Healthcare workers racked up 73% of all nonfatal workplace violence injuries in 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.