Two people have been shot in Portland by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, hours after one woman was fatally shot in her car my members of the same department.
Portland police said officers were called to 102nd and Southeast Main Street at about 2.20pm local time and confirmed federal agents were involved in a shooting, Komo News reported.
Portland City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney said the two people were alive as far as she knew. They were taken to hospital, but their condition is unknown.
Portland’s mayor, Keith Wilson, said in a statement. “Just one day after the horrific violence in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents, our community here in Portland is now grappling with another deeply troubling incident.”
The Portland shooting comes a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.
Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, was shot in the head in front of a relative. Federal officials have said it was an act of self-defense.