{"id":503284,"date":"2026-01-09T08:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503284\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:09:22","slug":"portland-awaits-answers-after-border-patrol-wounds-two-people-in-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503284\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland awaits answers after Border Patrol wounds two people in shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lerett, who is identifying with an alias, sits outside a memorial outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. \u201cOur system is broken and we need accountability,” said Lerett, who is also an immigrant. Demonstrators gathered outside of the ICE building in protest of the shooting of two people by U.S. Border Patrol in East Portland on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Protesters demonstrate outside of ICE. “Who next?” reads one of the signs, in reference to the U.S. Border Patrol shooting of two people in East Portland earlier in the day on Jan. 8 and the ICE killing of Renee Good the day, Jan. 7, before in Minneapolis, Minn.<\/p>\n

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Protesters yell at Portland police officers during the protest at the ICE facility.<\/p>\n

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Portland police officers arrest protesters during the protest.<\/p>\n

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Sol\u00e9, left, and Rowan, who chose to identify by first name only, chant outside the ICE building.<\/p>\n

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Portland police officers move protesters out of the street outside of the ICE building.<\/p>\n

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Portland police officers make an arrest.<\/p>\n

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A sign with the name of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, is posted outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland as demonstrators gather in protest of the shooting of two people by U.S. Border Patrol in East Portland on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Sammi, left, and Ian, who chose to identify by first name only, share a kiss outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. Sammi is a school counselor and says many of her students have been affected by raids.<\/p>\n

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Portland police officers move towards protesters to move them out of the street and onto the sidewalks.<\/p>\n

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Jarrett Comai chants into a megaphone outside the ICE building.<\/p>\n

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Protesters gather outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland.<\/p>\n

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Protesters chant outside of Portland City Hall, Jan. 8, 2026, in response to the shooting of two people by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

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A few hundred people protest outside of Portland City Hall, Jan. 8, 2026, in response to the shooting of two people by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police Chief Bob Day speaks at a press conference held at the Central Precinct in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026, in response to the shooting of two people by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

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Crime tape surrounds a vehicle at the scene.<\/p>\n

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Investigators and emergency personnel on the scene.<\/p>\n

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FBI Investigators on 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

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Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez talks to press 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

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Investigators on the scene where two people were shot and wounded. The man and woman wereaken to local hospitals, but their identities and condition had not been made public by Thursday night.<\/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

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FBI teams, at the scene of the shooting.<\/p>\n

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An investigation continues at one of the scenes involved in the shooting.<\/p>\n

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Portland Police received the call around 2:18 p.m. about a report of a shooting and responded to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street, near the Adventist Health campus.<\/p>\n

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The scene at the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street.<\/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 10200 block of Southeast Main Street.<\/p>\n

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Emergency personnel 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

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Bystanders shout at officers at the scene near Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026. <\/p>\n

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Bystanders 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

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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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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol shot and injured two people in Portland late Thursday, police said, spurring protests that sent hundreds into the streets even as local authorities scrambled to get answers themselves.<\/p>\n

The shooting, which happened in a hospital parking lot in East Portland, came the day after immigration agents in Minneapolis shot and killed a U.S. citizen in her car.<\/p>\n

In Portland, authorities said, a man and a woman were shot during a traffic stop around 2:15 p.m. and taken to local hospitals. Their identities and condition were not made public late Thursday. <\/p>\n

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson condemned the shooting in an angry press conference attended by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, and other local officials. He asked ICE \u201cto halt all operations\u201d in the city. Portland has weathered months of protests outside the ICE facility and drawn national attention from President Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to deploy the military.<\/p>\n

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement alleging 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

\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

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

Portland police confirmed the basic timeline of events but did not offer additional details at the evening press conference, saying the FBI is leading an investigation into the matter. <\/p>\n

The FBI confirmed two Border Patrol agents were involved in the incident and said it is investigating the incident as \u201can assault on a federal officer.\u201d<\/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

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The incident unfolded in a matter of minutes Thursday afternoon. Portland Police received the call around 2:18 p.m. about a report of a shooting and responded to the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street, near the Adventist Health campus.<\/p>\n

Six minutes later, officers were called to a different location: Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside. That\u2019s where they found the wounded man and woman from the officer-involved shooting. Officers provided medical aid and called paramedics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Late Thursday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, a Democrat, announced his own investigation into the incident, focused on \u201cwhether any federal officer acted outside the scope of their lawful authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shooting in Portland came as people across the city were already staging protests over the Wednesday killing in Minneapolis, but the focus quickly shifted to Portland\u2019s own incident as the evening wore on. Both cities have stood in fierce opposition to Trump\u2019s immigration enforcement agenda. <\/p>\n

Outside the Portland ICE facility, nearly 500 people gathered and chanted slogans opposing immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

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Protesters at the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026. Demonstrators gathered outside of the ICE building in protest of the shooting of two people by U.S. Border Patrol in East Portland on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Jen Waldron, a Portland business owner protesting at the ICE building, called the incident \u201chorrific.\u201d Protester Rachel Lissman, who lives in the city, said it was \u201conly a matter of time\u201d before someone was killed by ICE.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping that if anything good can come out of this, that the communities all over the United States can wake up and do what\u2019s happening here, which is to peacefully assemble,\u201d Lissman said, \u201cand tell our government what we think of what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around 7:45 p.m., Portland police officers with the bureau\u2019s crowd control unit arrived and asked people to clear the street. Police pushed the crowd onto the sidewalks and out of the street to let a vehicle enter the ICE facility, angering protesters.<\/p>\n

About an hour later, Portland police announced over a loudspeaker that they observed criminal activity and would be making targeted arrests. Several dozen officers began pushing the crowd back while demonstrators shouted at them, saying they should arrest immigration enforcement officers and defend protesters.<\/p>\n

Unlike previous protests outside the Portland ICE building, federal officers largely stood back during the early hours of the demonstration and did not engage the crowd. <\/p>\n

More than 200 people also gathered outside City Hall Thursday evening for a peaceful vigil where city councilors, union leaders and other community activists spoke out against federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really concerning that ICE is allowed to just walk the streets,\u201d said Portland resident Nikita Daryanani, who attended the vigil.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t blame people for being afraid,\u201d Daryani.<\/p>\n

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A few hundred people protest outside of Portland City Hall, Jan. 8, 2026, in response to the shooting of two people by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

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Portland\u2019s mayor and other local leaders urged calm while calling the federal narrative into question. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what the federal government says happened here,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cThere 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

Speaking alongside Wilson, Gov. Tina Kotek and a broad array of elected, faith and community leaders urged Oregonians to react to the shooting peacefully \u2014 and for federal immigration authorities to leave Portland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all shaken and outraged by another terrible, unnecessary, violent event instigated by the reckless agenda of the Trump administration,\u201d Kotek said, nodding to the Wednesday shooting in Minnesota. \u201cThis time in our own state.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Senator Christine Drazan, a Republican from Canby running to unseat Kotek, issued a statement hours after the press conference that appeared to be a direct response to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am disappointed, but not surprised, to see our state\u2019s politicians rush to judgment and treat dangerous criminals like victims,\u201d Drazan said, adding that she wanted gang members off the street and that an investigation would determine whether the shooting was warranted. \u201cThe last thing we need in a moment like this is a bunch of grandstanding politicians exploiting this situation and inciting fear to advance their own political agendas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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Portland Police Chief Bob Day speaks at a press conference held at the Central Precinct in Portland, Jan. 8, 2026, in response to the shooting of two people by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in East Portland earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

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\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

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

The incident sent ripples of concern across Portland even before any details were known.<\/p>\n

Portland City Council was in session Thursday afternoon when councilors were first alerted to a possible shooting. City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney interrupted the meeting: \u201cCouncilors, we actually need to recess immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council reconvened roughly an hour after it recessed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry to be delivering this news today,\u201d Pirtle-Guiney said, citing the shooting as well as the deadly incident in Minneapolis.<\/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

Hours after Thursday\u2019s shooting, light rail trains were still running past the yellow caution tape strung across the scene. Police and emergency vehicles lined the streets.<\/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

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

OPB\u2019s Troy Brynelson, Holly Bartholomew, Amelia Templeton and Joni Auden Land contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lerett, who is identifying with an alias, sits outside a memorial outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs…\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-503284","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\/115864127744423010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503284","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=503284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503284\/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=503284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}