New York Times
A fatal shooting during a night of political conflict in Portland, Ore., has yet again escalated tensions in the city and further inflamed the issues of crime, protest and race that President Trump is trying to make a focus of presidential politics.
A man affiliated with a right-wing group was shot and killed on Saturday as a large group of supporters of President Trump traveled in a caravan through downtown Portland, Ore., which has seen nightly protests for three consecutive months.
The pro-Trump rally drew hundreds of trucks full of supporters into the city. At times, Trump supporters and counterprotesters clashed on the streets, with people shooting paintball guns from the beds of pickup trucks and protesters throwing objects back at them.
Coming on the heels of the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wis., Tuesday night, the incident was an ominous sign amid an escalation of weaponry and of rhetoric as protests of police violence and presidential politics merge.
Wall Street Journal
A man was killed Saturday in Portland, Ore., amid unrest that rocked the city after a caravan of Trump supporters clashed with protesters, police said.
Police said they opened a homicide investigation after finding a man who had been shot in the chest and killed around 9 p.m. local time. Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said Sunday the caravan already had cleared the downtown area by the time of the shooting but offered no other details on the victim or possible shooters.
Protests have rocked Portland for more than three months since the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25 and have been given fresh impetus by the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23. Violent clashes with counterprotesters have added a layer of danger, highlighted by the shooting deaths of two protesters this past week in Kenosha.
Washington Times
Racial justice marchers and pro-Trump demonstrators converged on downtown Portland, Oregon, Saturday, sparking clashes and leaving one man shot and killed in the mayhem, police said.
They had not identified the victim nor any suspect as of Sunday morning, but signaled the death was related to the competing demonstrations, suggesting that it was likely caught on social media that has saturated the three months’ worth of riots.
“It is still early in this investigation, and I ask everyone to give the detectives time to do their important work before drawing conclusions about what took place,” said Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell. “If anyone can provide information about this case, I ask them to please reach out to our detectives. This violence is completely unacceptable and we are working diligently to find and apprehend the individual or individuals responsible.”
