ICE officers open fire in Oregon, two wounded outside Portland hospital

10 January,2026 09:34 AM IST |  Portland  |  Agencies

The Department of Homeland Security described the vehicle’s passenger as ‘a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring’ who had been involved in a recent shooting in Portland

Vice-President JD Vance


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Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities said.

The Department of Homeland Security described the vehicle's passenger as ‘a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring' who had been involved in a recent shooting in Portland.

Vance blames victim

Vice-President JD Vance has blamed a immigration officer's fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman on ‘a left-wing network,' Democrats, the news media and the woman who was killed as protests related to her death spread across the country.

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