Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minnesota.

Portland's police chief Bob Day said on Thursday (January 8) that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation of a shooting involving a federal agent that wounded a man and a woman.

Two people in Portland, Oregon, were injured in a shooting involving federal agents, authorities and officials said

Two people were shot and injured by federal officers in east Portland on Jan. 8, the day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minnesota.

The Oregon incident, involving two Border Patrol agents, comes a day after the fatal shooting in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.

Two people were injured in a shooting involving a federal agent in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, according to authorities, with the mayor calling for immigration enforcement operations to halt while the investigation is ongoing.

Two people were wounded in a shooting by a Border Patrol agent in Portland, Oregon, police said, in what federal officials have called an act of self-defense during a targeted vehicle stop

"Officers have determined the two people were injured in the shooting involving federal agents," the Portland Police said in a statement, adding that a man and woman were taken to hospital and their conditions are unknown.