US Border patrol agents wound 2 in Portland
· DWTwo people were shot and wounded by US federal agents in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. It comes a day after a US citizen was shot dead in Minneapolis, sparking major protests.
Two people were shot and wounded by US Border Patrol officers in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Portland police said officers responding to emergency calls found a man and a woman with apparent gunshot wounds.
"Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents," Portland police said in a statement. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Local police stressed that their officers were not involved in the incident.
What did authorities say?
The FBI said it was probing the shooting in which the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were involved.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson urged residents to remain calm in a statement, and called for another agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE), "to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed."
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees both CBP and ICE, claimed on social media that the Portland driver "weaponized" the vehicle during a vehicle stop before an officer "fired a defensive shot."
The department alleged the passengers was an "illegal alien" and said they were the target for the initial stop.
The shooting comes a day after a US citizen was shot dead by ICE in Minneapolis, sparking major protests there and elsewhere.
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