Several people were arrested, including two involved in a shooting that left one protester injured, during an anti-Donald Trump demonstration on Saturday night in Portland, Ore.
(FOX)- Police arrested Steffon Marquise Corothers and Shamar Xavier Hunter, both 18, in the shooting on the Morrison Bridge, according to The Oregonian. The two were charged with attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon, police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson. Corothers also received one count of attempted murder and Hunter was charged with six counts of attempted murder.
Corothers and Hunter were originally two of four people who were detained early Saturday after an off-duty police officer saw them in a suspicious vehicle, Simpson said.
The wounded victim was suffering from non-life threatening injuries, police said. The victim wasn’t identified.
Authorities in Portland were forced to arrest and use some force against aggressive groups over the night. Police arrested 19 people and there were a few instances of protesters assaulting others through the night. Protesters were also seen throwing burning road flares at police.
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales expressed his frustrations with the four nights of protests, which has seen plenty of vandalism and violence on the streets.
“Going to the streets for another night is not going to keep Donald Trump from taking office. It isn’t going to change anything,” he said.
Hales also those who are opposed to President-elect Trump shouldn’t be destroying the city or targeting law enforcement.