“The 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,” DHS said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n
“When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents.<\/p>\n
“Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene.”<\/p>\n
Portland Police said in their own statement that their officers were not involved in the incident, and were called after receiving reports of a shooting. <\/p>\n
The two people who were shot have not been identified, and police say they were discovered several blocks from the scene of the shooting.<\/p>\n
“Officers applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel,” before they were taken to hospital, the statement said, adding that “their conditions are unknown”.<\/p>\n
Portland District Attorney Nathan Vasquez, speaking from the scene of the shooting, told reporters he was there “to monitor, to assist, and to make sure that there’s a thorough and complete investigation”.<\/p>\n
He pledged to ensure “that evidence is fully preserved and that – we’re certainly hoping – that we can get all of the facts about what transpired here today”.<\/p>\n
His comments come after officials in Minnesota announced that the FBI would not include local investigators in their probe of the death<\/a> on Wednesday of Renee Nicole Good<\/a>, who was shot after officers alleged she attempted to run over agents. <\/p>\n “We are still in the early stages of this incident,” said Portland Police Chief Bob Day on Thursday.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n Portland Mayor Keith Wilson also released a statement, saying the shooting comes “just one day after the horrific violence in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents”.<\/p>\n He added that immigration agents should “end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed”.<\/p>\n “Federal militarization undermines effective, community\u2011based public safety, and it runs counter to the values that define our region,” he said.<\/p>\n Portland has been the site of large anti-Trump protests in the past. <\/p>\n On Wednesday night, Portland police arrested one protester who was charged with menacing after officers found him allegedly threatening another person with a knife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-360057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}