Two people in Portland, Oregon, were injured in a shooting involving federal agents on Thursday, authorities and officials said, a day after tensions were heightened across the nation following a fatal shooting by immigration agents in Minneapolis.Portland police officers responded to a report of a shooting at around 2:18 p.m. local time on Jan. 8. Officers confirmed that federal agents were involved in the shooting, the Portland Police Bureau said in a news release.
Shortly after, police said officers received information that a man had been shot and had called for help in the area. Officers discovered a man and woman with apparent gunshot wounds.
FBI Portland officials said the shooting involved U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. In a statement, Homeland Security officials said the agents fired in self-defense.
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