Federal agents involved in Portland shooting of man, woman
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Two people have been injured in a shooting in Portland, Oregon, that involved Customs and Border Patrol agents, the FBI’s Portland office announced in a Thursday evening social media post.
The FBI office wrote that its agency is investigating an agent who was involved in the shooting near the 10000 block of Main Street in Portland. The shooting occurred at 2:15 p.m. local time, or 4:15 p.m. central time. The FBI has since deleted the tweet.
ABC News reported that two people were shot “by federal agents.” Public media in Portland reported that a City Council session was interrupted for a security concern. The meeting’s interruption can be found on the city’s YouTube page.
A City Councilman in Portland wrote on Blue Sky that “Everyone is okay at City Hall right now. More will be shared asap.”
The City of Portland shared on its social media that a man and a woman were found with gunshot wounds and that their conditions are currently unknown. Local police were not involved in the shooting and officers used a tourniquet. Both people were brought to a hospital.
The city says the patients were found about eight miles from the site of the shooting.
"Officers have determined the two people were injured in the shooting involving federal agents," the post says.
The shooting comes a day after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests have occurred throughout the country since Wednesday’s shooting.
"We are still in the early stages of this incident," Portland Police Chief Bob Day was quoted in the city's release. "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."
The Department of Homeland Security alleged in a social media post that the victims in the shooting are undocumented immigrants from Venezuela and accused them of being affiliated with a gang. DHS claims the driver of the vehicle tried to hit the agents with their vehicle and agents fired in self-defense, a similar claim DHS made in the Minnesota shooting, which has been disputed by legal experts.
“I’m familiar with the statement [made by DHS]. I cannot say if that is the case,” Day said at a Thursday evening press conference. “I don’t have any information that would link that [ a Venezuelan gang operating in the city] at this time.”
A spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau said during a press conference that it is not known if the shooting was "an immigration-related event." The FBI is leading the investigation.
“Portland is not a training ground for militarized agents.” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said. “There was a time we could take them [the federal government] at their word,” but he claimed “that is no longer the case.”
Wilson called on ICE to leave the city, a sentiment shared by Minneapolis’ mayor a day before. Wilson then called on ICE agents to be “fully investigated.”
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said the shooting was “instigated by the Trump administration” and claimed agents at the DHS are “shattering trust.”
Kotek said no one died and that no one else was injured in the shooting.
“The priority right now is a full, completed investigation, not more detentions,” Kotek said.
At 2:19 PST, US Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Portland, Oregon. The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in…
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 9, 2026
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