{"id":502778,"date":"2026-01-09T02:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T02:59:19","slug":"mayor-keith-wilson-calls-on-ice-to-halt-all-operations-in-portland-after-federal-law-enforcement-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/502778\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Keith Wilson calls on ICE \u2018to halt all operations in Portland\u2019 after federal law enforcement shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A vehicle is taped off near the 10000 block of Main Street, where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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Two people were shot and wounded Thursday by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Saskia Hatvany \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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Bystanders shout at officers at the scene near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026. Two people were shot and wounded Thursday by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI. <\/p>\n

Saskia Hatvany \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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The scene near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026. Two people were shot and wounded Thursday by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI. <\/p>\n

Saskia Hatvany \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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Bystanders and news crews at the scene near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026. Two people were shot and wounded Thursday by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI. <\/p>\n

Saskia Hatvany \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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Members of the Portland Police Bureau\u2019s Rapid Response Team stage for crowd control at NE 146th and Everett in Portland. Two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Troy Brynelson \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau\u2019s public information officer Kevin Allen gives the press a briefing. An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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A vehicle is taped off near the 10000 block of Main Street, where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Bureau\u2019s public information officer Kevin Allen gives the press a briefing. An investigation continues at the scene near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland where two people were shot and wounded Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Eli Imadali \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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According to police, two people are hospitalized in Portland on Jan. 8, 2026, following a shooting involving federal agents.<\/p>\n

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Investigators near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland, near the scene where two people were shot and wounded Thursday by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau and the FBI.<\/p>\n

Troy Brynelson \/ OPB<\/p>\n

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UPDATE (6:28p.m.):<\/b> Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, at an evening press conference, had strong words about the federal presence in the city. \u201cWe know what the federal government says happened here. There was a time when we could take them on their word. That time has long passed. We are calling on ICE to halt all operations in Portland until a full investigation can take place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The original story is below:<\/p>\n

Two people were shot and wounded Thursday by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland, according to federal and local law enforcement. A male and a female have been transported to local hospitals. <\/p>\n

FBI Portland said the shooting took place around 2:15 p.m. near the 10000 block of Main Street. The FBI called it an \u201cactive and ongoing investigation led by the FBI,\u201d in a statement on X. The post was deleted shortly after, but OPB confirmed the information is accurate.<\/p>\n

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FBI Portland confirmed two people were wounded in a shooting by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection agent on Thursday afternoon in East Portland via X. The post was deleted shortly after, but OPB confirmed the information is accurate.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police said in a statement that the city\u2019s officers were not involved in the incident, but that they did respond and \u201capplied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that the shooting occurred as Border Patrol agents were stopping a vehicle. McLaughlin alleged that both the driver and the passenger were members of the \u201cvicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua\u201d and that the passenger had been involved in a prostitution ring and a recent shooting in Portland.<\/p>\n

OPB could not immediately confirm the allegations. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cFearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene. This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shooting by a federal agent in Portland comes a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis<\/a>. The incident sparked protests across the country, including in Portland, where months of ongoing demonstrations against President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement agenda have drawn the attention of the country.<\/p>\n

By Thursday evening, Portlanders were already planning protests of the shooting as elected officials called for a halt to federal immigration operations in the city.<\/p>\n

Two Subarus drove back and forth past the scene of the shooting at 102nd and Main, blaring an anti-Donald Trump song and screaming profanity about ICE. <\/p>\n

In the neighborhood where the wounded were found, light rail trains were still running past the yellow caution tape strung across the scene. Police and emergency vehicles lined the streets. During the evening, as some children ran down 146th Ave playing with sticks, a woman stepped out of her apartment and told them not to speak to each other in Spanish, and not to open the door if anyone came to their apartment.<\/p>\n

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson called the incident \u201cdeeply troubling.\u201d He called on ICE to end \u201call operations\u201d in Portland until a full investigation could be completed into the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a \u2018training ground\u2019 for militarized agents, and the \u2018full force\u2019 threatened by the administration has deadly consequences,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

Portland Police Chief Bob Day issued a statement urging caution in what he called \u201cthe early stages\u201d of the incident. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis,\u201d Day said, \u201cbut I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded in a matter of minutes Thursday afternoon. Portland Police received the call around 2:18p.m. about a report of a shooting and responded to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street. Six minutes later, officers were called to a different location: Northeast 146th Ave. and East Burnside. That\u2019s where they found a wounded man and woman. Officers provided medical aid and called paramedics.<\/p>\n

One of the wounded was taken to Legacy Emanuel and one was taken to Oregon Health & Science University, according to a spokesperson for the Oregon Nurses Association, who said the union learned the information from one of its members. OHSU declined to comment. Legacy Emanuel did not immediately respond to OPB\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Wilson also asked Portlanders to \u201cshow up with calm and purpose during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three City Councilors who represent District 1 issued a joint statement in response to the shooting. Councilors Candace Avalos, Jamie Dunphy and Loretta Smith said the shooting involved \u201ctwo of our East Portland neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said they were awaiting more information but said the incident \u201cis part of a pattern of violence that we have seen too many times across our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, issued separate statements saying they were monitoring the situation. \u201cTrump\u2019s deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence \u2014 and must end,\u201d Wyden wrote on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Portland City Council was in session Thursday afternoon and abruptly recessed due to this incident.<\/p>\n

City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney interrupted the meeting by saying: \u201cCouncilors, we actually need to recess immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

City staff directed all councilors to return to their offices.<\/p>\n

At about 3:30 p.m., Councilor Sameer Kamal shared a post on Bluesky<\/a>, stating, \u201cEveryone is okay at City Hall right now. More will be shared asap.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council reconvened roughly an hour after it recessed. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to be delivering this news today,\u201d Pirtle-Guiney said, citing the shooting as well as the deadly incident in Minneapolis. Councilors then recessed the meeting until next week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/p>\n

OPB\u2019s Troy Brynelson, Holly Bartholomew, Amelia Templeton, Dirk VanderHart and Joni Auden Land contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A vehicle is taped off near the 10000 block of Main Street, where two people were shot and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":502779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[50,225480,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-502778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-portland-security-shooting","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115862908415150711","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}