All You Need To Know About The Portland Shooting – A man was shot and killed after supporters of President Trump clashed with counterprotesters.
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Portland, Ore., has had nightly protests since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
On Saturday night, a caravan of supporters of President Trump traveled through the town , clashing with counterprotesters. a person was shot and killed during the unrest.
Here’s what we all know thus far .
What happened in Portland?
Supporters of the president gathered on Saturday at a shopping mall a couple of miles southeast of Portland. The caravan of many trucks then traveled into the town . Most were flying “Trump 2020” or thin blue line flags, which are commonly related to support for the police and sometimes seen as antithetical to the Black Lives Matter movement.
The caravan clashed with counterprotesters sometimes . People shot paintball guns from trucks and protesters threw objects at them. Some conflicts devolved into fistfights within the streets. A video showed alittle group within the street, where gunfire erupts and a person collapses.
Portland cops heard reports of gunfire shortly before 9 p.m. civil time and located a person with a gunshot wound to the chest, the police said.
Medical responders received the scene and determined that the person was dead, the police said.
PORTLAND, OR – AUGUST 29 : A man is being treated by medics after being shot during a confrontation in the vicinity of the Trump rally on August 29, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo / Paula Bronstein)
Who was the person who died?
The man’s identity has not been released.
He was wearing a hat with the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based within the Portland area. The group says it seeks to combat “corruption, big government and tyranny, using God for strength and therefore the power of affection ,” consistent with its Facebook page, which has quite 40,000 followers.
A Patriot Prayer leader, Joey Gibson, said on Sunday that the person was an honest friend and a supporter of the group, but he didn’t offer further details.
Do we know who the gunman was?
The police haven’t released information about who fired the shots.
Police Chief Chuck Lovell said on Sunday that “we are working diligently to seek out and apprehend the individual or individuals responsible.”
The police said on Sunday that that they had concluded an investigation of the shooting scene and asked witnesses or those with video of the episode to contact detectives.
Protests have occurred nightly within the city since the killing of George Floyd in May.
In recent weeks, right- and left-wing groups have clashed. On Aug. 22, an indication outside the U.S. courthouse in Portland turned violent as right-wing demonstrators, including Proud Boys members, clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters. Objects were thrown, paintballs were fired and shouting turned to shoving and punching.
The cityis no stranger to demonstrations that devolve into chaos, often stoked by conflicts with the police or between opposing groups.
In 2016, protests over Mr. Trump’s election were marred by vandalism and fires. The unrest was labeled a “riot” by the police, who deployed aerosol and rubber “distraction devices” against the gang .
In August 2018, Mr. Gibson led an indication that drew many Patriot Prayer supporters, many from outside the state, The Oregonian reported. Counterprotesters were ordered by the police to disperse before officers deployed flash-bang grenades and shoved counterprotesters out of the road .
Last month, camouflaged federal agents were sent to the town , against the needs of the local authorities.
What has President Trump said about the situation?
Mr. Trump has not spoken specifically about the shooting death in Portland, but on Sunday morning he retweeted a message that said Portland “needs to be federalized at now .”
Mr. Trump added to the message: “The National Guard is prepared , Willing and Able. All the Governor has got to do is call!”
In another tweet, Mr. Trump said the “big backlash happening in Portland can’t be unexpected.” He called Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler, “incompetent” and “a FOOL,” adding that “the people of Portland won’t put up with no safety any more .”
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Sources: New York Times, Twitter
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