\u201cThe patients were transported to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown. Officers have determined the two people were injured in the shooting involving federal agents.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shooting happened near a medical centre, according to local media.<\/p>\n
Broadcaster KATU2 said the injured people drove away from the scene of the shooting to an apartment complex, about 4km away, where they called for help.<\/p>\n
FBI agents could be seen at both locations.<\/p>\n
\u2018We cannot sit by\u2019<\/p>\n
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed a US Border Patrol agent had opened fire, and claimed he had done so in self-defence while conducting what they said was a \u201ctargeted vehicle stop\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vehicle driver is believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponised his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents.<\/p>\n
\u201cFearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident came just 24 hours after an ICE agent shot dead a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis, in what the White House claimed was self-defence against \u201cdomestic terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n
People visit a memorial set up where Renee Good was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo \/ Scott Olson, Getty Images via AFP<\/p>\n
In that incident, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has repeatedly asserted that the woman, identified as Renee Good, had deliberately driven her car at the agent.<\/p>\n
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said the shooting in his city was the result of the flood of heavily armed federal agents as part of what Trump says is a crackdown on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a \u2018training ground\u2019 for militarised agents, and the \u2018full force\u2019 threatened by the administration has deadly consequences.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson said he wanted residents to make their voices heard peacefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call on every Portlander to represent our values and to show up with calm and purpose during this difficult time. Portland does not respond to violence with violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
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