First Posted: Jul 17, 2021 10:53 PM EDT
At least two people died with multiple others injured in two separate shootings in Portland, Oregon. Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell noted that the two separate shooting incidents were among the four significant gun violence in the city, in the span of four hours on Saturday, CBS News reported.
According to Associated Press, the incidents occurred as gun violence and homicide rates soared in the city of Portland in the last six months.
2 Dead, Several Others Injured in Separate Portland Shootings
At around 2 a.m., authorities from the Portland Police Bureau responded to a report of multiple individuals shot downtown. The officers described the scene "extremely chaotic," as they discover multiple individuals wounded.