<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US federal immigration agents have shot and injured two people in a car outside a hospital in Portland, just a day after an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="_blank" title="officer shot dead a woman in Minneapolis"><span>officer shot dead a woman in Minneapolis</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said agents conducted a "targeted" stop of a car believed to contain two people associated with the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang about 2.19pm local time today. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When agents identified themselves to the vehicle occupants, the driver weaponised his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents," the department said in a statement.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/what-to-know-about-the-rules-for-officers-firing-at-a-moving-vehicle/7e14e6b5-7dc4-4822-a177-ba9cf5b59f5c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Was an ICE officer allowed to open fire at a driver? The rules explained</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Fearing for his life and safety, an agent fired a defensive shot. The driver drove off with the passenger, fleeing the scene."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Homeland Security alleged the passenger is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with connections to the gang's prostitution ring and involved in a shooting in Portland, while the driver is believed to be a member of the same gang.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Portland Police said they were called to a shooting at the 10200 block of Southeast Main Street in Hazelwood, outside Adventist Health Portland, and confirmed federal agents were involved.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/usa-portland-shooting-federal-agents-injure-two-people-inside-car-day-after-minneapolis-shooting/ca4c5131-584d-4db3-9ba1-f28d1eccdb53" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shortly later, they received a call that a man who had been shot was asking for help in the nearby Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers arrived to find a man and woman with gunshot wounds and applied a tourniquet as they called for paramedics.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair were taken to hospital in unknown conditions. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-fbi-won-co-operate-with-state-investigators/b520c083-5f61-4e23-b9a0-bfd266da6702" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>FBI won't co-operate with state investigators in Minneapolis ICE shooting case</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are still in the early stages of this incident," Portland Police Chief Bob Day said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis, but I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, 37, in her car while she was on a residential street near her home in Minneapolis.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Confronting video captured by bystanders showed the agents blocking a doctor from providing her with medical help.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="_blank" title="President Donald Trump"><span>President Donald Trump</span></a><span> and senior members of the White House have defended the agent's actions, with Vice President JD Vance going as far as saying he had "absolute immunity".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 10200 block of Southeast Main Street and the Northeast 146th Avenue and East Burnside area have been blocked off for police investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>ICE agents blocked doctor from helping shot Minneapolis woman</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who has been outspoken in his opposition to Trump's move to deploy the National Guard to the city, condemned the administration in a strong and emotional statement, saying federal militarisation undermines public safety.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a 'training ground' for militarised agents, and the 'full force' threatened by the administration has deadly consequences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I will use every legal and legislative tool available to protect our residents' civil and human rights."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-bushfires-alert-sign-cut-down/1f797424-ba6c-46aa-9480-04dcbb4c6ed7" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Police slam 'reckless and dangerous' roadside act</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilson called on residents not to respond to violence with violence and asked them to show up with calm and purpose during this time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We must stand together to protect Portland," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley said he had huge concerns over the shooting and was working to get answers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Please keep protests of Trump's ICE/CBP peaceful, as Trump wants to generate riots. Don't take the bait," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump this week ordered the remaining National Guards in Portland to stand down, but warned he would redeploy them to the city if crime rises.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Portland, we got it down to almost no crime. We can go back. We're allowed to go back in, but we'll go back in when the crime starts," he told reporters on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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