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US federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon, Portland police said.
“Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents,” the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said in a statement, adding that their conditions were not known.
The PPB said its officers were not involved in the shooting.
“At 2.24pm, officers received information that a man who had been shot was calling and requesting help in the area of Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside,” police said. “Officers responded and found a male and female with apparent gunshot wounds. Officers applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel. The patients were transported to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
“Officers have determined the two people were injured in the shooting involving federal agents.”
Maxine Dexter, a Democratic congresswoman who represents East Portland, said in a statement: “Just one day after the horrific murder in Minneapolis, I received reports that two people in my district were shot by federal immigration officials this afternoon in East Portland. Both individuals are alive, but we do not know the extent of their injuries.”
She added: “ICE has done nothing but inject terror, chaos, and cruelty into our communities. Trump’s immigration machine is using violence to control our communities – straight out of the authoritarian playbook. ICE must immediately end all active operations in Portland.”
Portland’s mayor, Keith Wilson, confirmed the shooting in a statement and echoed the congresswoman’s call for a pause on immigration enforcement in the city.
“We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences. As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed,” Wilson said.
Dexter also demanded a local police investigation.
“We must allow our local law enforcement to do its work,” she said. “There must be a comprehensive investigation without Trump’s interference.”
In Minneapolis, where an ICE agent fatally shot a woman on Wednesday, federal officials took control of the investigation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Portland office posted on X that it was “investigating an agent involved shooting that happened at approximately 2:15pm near the 10000 block of Main St. in Portland involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals were wounded. This remains and active and ongoing investigation led by the FBI.”
The FBI appeared to have deleted the post shortly after.
“We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis, but I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more,” police chief Bob Day said.
The police statement also reminded the community “that PPB does not engage in immigration enforcement”.
An ABC News affiliate reported that agents involved in the shooting were US Customs and Border Protection agents and that the FBI was leading the investigation.
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