Two people died and multiple people were injured, some critically, in four different early morning shootings on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, a city that has seen gun violence and associated homicide rates soar in the past six months. Mayor Ted Wheeler called the rash of shootings a pandemic and said he would push hard for more officers and resources for the Portland Police Bureau, which has lost 125 sworn officers in the past year and faces news rounds of retiring officers in coming months. The city was roiled by protests against police brutality and racial injustice for months following the murder of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis who died after a white officer held a knee to his neck.
1 killed, at least 6 others hurt in Portland shooting near food truck pod
By Megan Ziegler
8 injured in downtown Portland, Oregon shooting | LiveNOW from FOX
A reporter for FOX 12 Oregon gets us up to speed with the latest information after 8 people were shot in downtown Portland overnight. One has potential life-threatening injuries.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Seven people were hurt in a shooting overnight in downtown Portland, police said. One of the victims has since died.
The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Southwest 3rd Avenue, near a pod of food trucks in a popular pedestrian area.