What happened during the shooting incident involving Border Patrol in Portland?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Lisa Cautel. Police say that the two people shot and wounded by Border Patrol officers in Portland, Oregon Thursday have an association with a Venezuelan gang. But a public attorney representing one of the men disputes the charge. Alex Zielinski with Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.
Portland Police Chief Bob Day said that the two people shot by federal authorities are associated with the Tren del Ragua. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has said that the two are gang members. Day said that the pair were connected to a July shooting in Portland that involved the Venezuelan gang. He could not confirm whether they were suspects.
This information in no way is meant to disparage or to condone or support or agree with any of the actions that occurred here.
The two who were injured in the Thursday shooting are in stable condition. They are in federal custody. For NPR News, I'm Alex Zielinski in Portland, Oregon.
Later today, mass demonstrations organized by civil rights groups and advocates for migrants are set to take place across the country. Many activists say they will be protesting the fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis Wednesday.
A suspect is in custody after multiple shootings across West Point, Mississippi that left six people dead, according to local authorities. Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Shamira Muhammad has details.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott says in a social media post that multiple lives were lost due to violence, but that there was no longer a threat to the community. West Point is a town of about 10,000 people located near the Alabama border. Sheriff Scott confirmed with television station WTVA that the shootings occurred in three separate locations.
No other specific details or potential motives have been released at this time. For NPR News, I'm Shamir Mohamed in Jackson, Mississippi.
In a bid to reduce housing prices, President Trump says he wants to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it's not clear how he'd do that or if it would lower prices.
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