Border Patrol agents shoot and wound two people in Portland, police say

Border Patrol agents shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, during a vehicle stop, just a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.

At 2:19pm, the agents were conducting a “targeted vehicle stop” against the vehicle’s passenger, an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant allegedly affiliated with the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang’s prostitution ring and involved in a recent local shooting, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents,” DHS wrote in a statement on X. “Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene.”

The driver of the vehicle is believed to be a Tren de Aragua member, per DHS.

“These individuals are still alive, and we’re hoping for more positive updates,” Portland City Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney said at a City Council meeting on Thursday.

After receiving reports of a shooting around 2:20pm and confirming federal agents had been involved, Portland police soon “found a male and female with apparent gunshot wounds” nearby in the area of Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside, officials said.

“Officers applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel,” the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement. “The patients were transported to the hospital.”

The incident occurred across two scenes, according to Portland police: the site of the shooting at a medical clinic at 10200 SE Main Street, and about three miles away at SE 146th Ave and East Burnside, where the wounded were found.

“Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson wrote in a statement.

“Federal militarization undermines effective, community‑based public safety, and it runs counter to the values that define our region,” he added. “I will use every legal and legislative tool available to protect our residents’ civil and human rights.”

Portland police were not involved in the shooting.

The FBI is on scene investigating the incident.

Protesters began to gather as the evening wore in and erected a vigil at the site of the shooting.

Local officials called on protesters to remain peaceful.

“If people choose to gather, we ask that it be done lawfully and safely,” Multnomah County Sheriff Nicole Morrisey wrote in a statement. “As a community, we must commit to responses that heal rather than destroy.”

Oregon leaders have called on the Trump administration to pull federal agents out of the city.

“Trump’s deployment of federal agents in my hometown is clearly inflaming violence — and must end,” U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden wrote on X.

Elite Border Patrol personnel have deployed alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the U.S. as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing deportation crackdown, including in Portland.

The circumstances of the Portland shooting mirror those of the one in Minneapolis, where federal officials claim an agent fired defensive shots at a driver using her vehicle as a weapon. Local officials, citing video of the Minneapolis incident, say this narrative is inaccurate.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.