Portland, Ore. – A man was shot dead on Saturday as a large group of supporters of President Trump traveled in a convoy through downtown Portland, Rey, who has been seen protesting overnight for three consecutive months.
The pro-Trump rally pulled hundreds of trucks full of supporters into the city. At times, Trump supporters and opponents clashed in the streets, with people firing paintbun guns from the beds of pickup trucks and protesters throwing objects at them.
It was not immediately clear how the shooting happened, but two witnesses, who did not want to be named, said a small group of people argued with others aboard the vehicle and someone fired.
A man wearing a top with the insignia of the Patriot Prayer, a far-right group based in Portland, who had clashed with protesters in the past, was shot dead.
The Portland Police Bureau said officers heard reports of the shooting just before 9pm and found the victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. It was determined that the victim had died. They did not release any information about the potential shooter.
At the scene, police officers blocked the road and doctors attended the scene of a man with a chest injury.
Portland has witnessed a nighttime demonstration following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis in May. In recent days, right-wing demonstrations have also erupted in the city, and Mr. Violence has spread unrest in Portland as evidence of the need for a strict law and order response to the chaotic protests over police violence and racism. Injustice that flows in many American cities.
Trump supporters gathered in the suburbs early Saturday and built a road that would have kept them on the highways around Portland. But some of the rallies proceeded straight to downtown, where the counters encountered some vehicles. There were fights due to some conflict. In one encounter a vehicle ran over a bike.
