One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said.

It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by counter-demonstrators in the city’s downtown.

Police said the caravan had left the area around 8:30 p.m., and officers heard gunshots at about 8:46 p.m., according to a statement. Officers arrived at the shooting scene “within a minute,” police said, but the man who was shot did not survive.

An Associated Press freelance photographer heard three gunshots and then observed police medics working on the body of the victim, who appeared to be a white man. The freelancer said the man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group whose members have frequently clashed with protesters in Portland in the past.

Police said the man was shot in the chest. He was not immediately identified. It’s unclear who shot him.

Homicide detectives were looking for more evidence, acknowledging that several images and videos had been posted on social media.

“It is important for detectives get a full and accurate picture of what happened before, during, and after the shooting,” a police statement said. “If anyone was a witness, has video, or has information about the homicide, they’re asked to contact the primary detectives.”

“This violence is completely unacceptable and we are working diligently to find and apprehend the individual or individuals responsible,” Chief Chuck Lovell said.

Portland has been the site of nightly protests for more than three months since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Many of them end in vandalism and violence, and hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested by local and federal law enforcement since late May.

In the two hours following the shooting, protesters gathered downtown and there was sporadic fighting and vandalism, police stated. Some gave speeches in Lownsdale Square Park before the protest petered out. Ten people were arrested, police said.

The caravan had arrived downtown just as a protest planned for Saturday was getting underway. The chaotic scene came two days after Trump invoked Portland as a liberal city overrun with violence in a speech at the Republican National Convention as part of his “law and order” re-election campaign theme. The caravan marked the third Saturday in a row that Trump supporters have rallied in the city.

Trump and other speakers at last week’s convention evoked a violent, dystopian future if Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden wins in November and pointed to Portland as a cautionary tale for what would be in store for Americans.

The pro-Trump rally’s organizer, who recently coordinated a similar caravan in Boise, Idaho, said in a video posted on Twitter Saturday afternoon that attendees should only carry concealed weapons and the route was being kept secret for safety reasons.

The caravan had gathered earlier in the day at a suburban mall and drove as a group to the heart of Portland. As they arrived in the city, protesters attempted to stop them by standing in the street and blocking bridges.

Videos from the scene showed sporadic fighting, as well as Trump supporters firing paintball pellets at opponents and using bear spray as counter-protesters threw things at the Trump caravan.

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Trumpity

No US President has been this divisive as trump.

trump has a very solid support base from the people that actually matters in American Politics - THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS.


he will have a landslide victory in this election and will try to change the American constitution to accommodate his third term.

All these killings and protest is a bad PR for Trump. Las las a man will be their President.

Nah everything obama take better pass this Trump..

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trump has a very solid support base from the people that actually matters in American Politics - THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS.


he will have a landslide victory in this election and will try to change the American constitution to accommodate his third term.

....wait till November 3rd....

Trump is a disaster

Also in US lol

GbasGbos....

The most divisive and controversial president in US history. How he ended up being US president beats me.

Black Lives Matter, come to Nigeria and see where government look away as Islamic extremists and their fellow bandits make black lives irrelevant.

; trumptards

How did I get here?!

Americans behaving like a third world country

America is divided than ever before, there is so much hate between people of different color, so much intolerance. Both parties are playing a race card which will be the dead of America.

when I say ipob supporting you is like failure leading your destiny unah think say person dey exergerate.

Trump have crashed their economy
Trump foolishness led to the death of 170k
Trump idiocy had called doubts on the credibility of their electoral system
Trump cowardice led to Russia paying the Taliban to kill us troops...

Trump if leading his supporters to arm themselves and main their citizens

Ipob unah helele , unah super power be failure inducing beams.

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The likelihood of another civil war in the US is high, to be triggered by a sitting president. Trump will stop at nothing to win but I really don't see him pulling it off.

Wow

I pray America will not witness another civil war soon..
God rest the departed soul

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