The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Man dies after Trump supporters clash with Black Lives Matter demonstrators
US: Fatal shooting amid weeks of civil unrest and protests in city of Portland
One person was shot and killed in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police have said.
It was not clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by counter-demonstrators in the city centre.
Police said the caravan had left the area at around 8.30pm local time on Saturday, and officers heard gunshots at about 8.46pm, according to a statement.
Officers arrived at the shooting scene “within a minute”, police said, but the man who was shot did not survive.
An Associated Press freelance photographer heard three gunshots and then observed police medics working on the victim, who appeared to be a white man.
The freelancer said the man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group whose members have frequently clashed with protesters in Portland in the past.
Police previously said the man was shot in the chest.
He was not immediately identified and it is unclear who shot him.
Portland has been the site of nightly protests for more than three months since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Many of them end in vandalism and violence, and hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested by local and federal law enforcement since late May.
In the two hours following the shooting, protesters gathered in the city centre and there was sporadic fighting and vandalism, police stated.
Some gave speeches in Lownsdale Square Park before the protest petered out.
Ten people were arrested, police said.