Suspected Venezuelan gangster in Portland CBP attack tied to shooting at apartment complex: police

An illegal immigrant and suspected Venezuelan gang member shot by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers during a Jan. 8 confrontation in Portland had been linked to an earlier shooting months before.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News Digital deputies responded to reports of a shooting in July 2025 at an apartment complex in unincorporated Washington County. No one was injured, and the suspects fled before deputies arrived.

A neighbor who witnessed that incident described it as shocking for a normally peaceful area.

Justin Pitones told KGW8 he was home at the time and heard breaking glass before seeing sheriff’s deputies moving through his yard with weapons drawn.

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