US immigration agent shoots and wounds man and woman in Portland, state officials urge calm The Portland shooting unfolded Thursday afternoon as US Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statementFBI agents work next to an evidence truck outside Adventist Hospital after U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 8, 2026. ReutersReutersA U.S. immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon, authorities said on Thursday, leading city and state officials to call for calm given public outrage over the ICE shooting death of a Minnesota woman a day earlier. ADVERTISEMENTThe Portland shooting unfolded Thursday afternoon as U.S. Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. In response, DHS said, "an agent fired a defensive shot" and the driver and a passenger drove away. "There was a time when we could take them at their word," Wilson said of how federal officials had described the shooting.

Source: The Telegraph January 09, 2026 06:01 UTC