US media has cited police sources as saying the man and woman who were shot were a married couple. <\/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 He told a news conference later the investigation into the incident in the Hazelwood neighbourhood was being led by the FBI.<\/p>\n Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, a Democrat, called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to halt all operations in the city pending the investigation.<\/p>\n “We know what the federal government says happened here,” he said. “There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time is long past.”<\/p>\n He added: “The administration is trying to divide us, to pit communities against each other. Portland, this is a moment to hold each other close.”<\/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 Lew Frederick, a Democratic state senator, told the BBC that local officials must be involved in the investigation into Thursday’s shooting otherwise “the community isn’t going to trust that those results aren’t impartial”.<\/p>\n “It’s been clear for many weeks that there has been tensions increasing, and tense situations on the street,” he said, referring to ongoing protests in the city against the Trump administration.<\/p>\n “And unfortunately, I do think, the, the resulting tragedy that occurred was foreseeable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US media has cited police sources as saying the man and woman who were shot were a married…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-683619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115862993897118116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}