However, they did not immediately link the shooting death to the protests. "A Homicide Investigation is underway in downtown Portland after a shooting Saturday evening," a Portland police spokesman said in an emailed statement. Separately, Portland police earlier said in a tweet that a "political rally is caravanning throughout downtown Portland" and that there had been "some instances of violence between demonstrators and counter-demonstrators." Tensions between rival protest groups have roiled downtown Portland every night for nearly three months following Floyd's death. President Donald Trump's administration in July deployed federal forces to Portland to crack down on the protests.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 30, 2020 06:00 UTC