Suspect in Legacy hospital shooting reportedly made recent threats against staff



PORTLAND, Ore. — The suspect in the fatal shooting of Legacy Good Samaritan security officer Bobby Smallwood, who fled and was shot and killed by police later in the day, has been identified as PoniaX Kane Calles, formerly known as Reginald Kane Jackson. Gresham police confirmed his identity Monday afternoon.

Calles had threatened staff at the hospital in recent days, according to The Oregonian. The paper was the first to report his identity and also reported that the 33-year-old Portland resident changed his name in 2019, and that he has a lengthy criminal history, mostly under the prior name.

He came to Oregon from California in 2012, the Oregonian reported, and his arrest history there includes a history of mental illness.
According to court documents obtained by KGW, 31-year-old Ashley Heil had been in a relationship with Calles since 2012. She filed a restraining order against him on April 21 this year. In June, the order was dismissed after she failed to appear in court. She did not have an active restraining order against Calles when he opened fire in the Legacy maternity ward on Saturday.
The documents show that Heil suffered from domestic violence at Calles' hands. In filing for the April restraining order, she said that Calles threatened to "punch the baby out of her stomach." On another occasion, she said, he put her in a chokehold and grabbed her arm, leaving a bruise.

Child welfare services also got involved with the couple's children after allegations that Calles physically abused their 8-year-old daughter. Heil filed for temporary custody of their children.
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