Border Patrol agent shoots two people

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in a vehicle on Thursday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, a senior federal official said.

The agent fired shots after “the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over” Border Patrol agents who “were conducting a targeted vehicle stop,” said Homeland Security Department Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a post on X.

“Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired defensive shots,” McLaughlin said. “The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene.”

“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 Portland,” McLaughlin said.

“The vehicle driver is believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua,” she said.

The shooting occurred a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, as she was driving away in an SUV in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

McLaughlin and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have accused Good of engaging in “domestic terrorism,” and claimed that she intentionally tried to run over ICE agents after blocking a residential street.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other Democratic officials have said those claims are false, pointing to videos of the shooting.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, whose city has become a focus point for immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration, in a statement, said, “Just one day after the horrific violence in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents, our community here in Portland is now grappling with another deeply troubling incident.”

“We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts,” Wilson said.

“Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences,” he said.

“As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.”

Portland Police, in a statement, said they responded to a report of a shooting on Southeast Main Street, in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood.

“Officers confirmed that federal agents had been involved in a shooting,” the statement said. “Portland Police were not involved in the incident.”

“At 2:24 p.m., officers received information that a man who had been shot was calling and requesting help in the area of Northeast 146^th Avenue and East Burnside,” police said.

“Officers responded and found a male and female with apparent gunshot wounds,” the statement said.

“Officers applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel. The patients were transported to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown.”

“Officers have determined the two people…