Two people shot by US federal agents in Portland, police say

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/portland-federal-agents-shooting

Officials at the scene following the shooting by federal agents of two people in Portland on Thursday. Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP

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.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/portland-federal-agents-shooting

dizzy: Details of this incident are still unclear. It appears strange to me that these individuals call emergency services themselves after being shot by federal agents i.e. did the federal agents abandon them after shooting them, did not realise or care that they had been shot?

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