(Reuters). Police in Portland, Oregon said that they believed the shooting at a demonstration against police violence Saturday night left one woman dead and five other people injured. It was triggered when an armed homeowner clashed with armed demonstrators.

As people protested the murder of Amir Locke (22-year-old) in Portland, Saturday’s shooting occurred as they gathered to demonstrate.

In a Sunday statement, the Portland Police Bureau stated that while preliminary investigations indicated that the incident began with an altercation between an armed homeowner armed protesters, but that investigators still had difficulty gathering evidence.

The police stated in a statement that “the scene was very chaotic and many witnesses weren’t cooperative with responding officers.” Investigators believe that a lot of witnesses or people recorded what took place as it happened. Investigators have not yet figured out all of the details, but this is an extremely complex incident.

According to police, one woman was discovered dead on the Rose City Park scene. Police haven’t identified either the victim or the five injured people taken to nearby hospitals.

Normandale Park was about to organize when a neighbor confronted them. Later, he opened fire and struck multiple people. The Oregonian reported that the source who had direct knowledge of this incident on Sunday.

Portland’s newspaper reported that at most one protester opened fire on the man who was opening fire. According to the newspaper, three of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack.

According to the Oregonian, police think the man was acting alone.

According to the newspaper, although the protester that shot at him was originally arrested for assault and weapons charges, he will be freed and all charges dropped.

Portland witnessed months of antiracism protests in the aftermath of George Floyd’s passing. Floyd was an African American who had been killed by a Minneapolis cop for knelt against his neck for over eight minutes.

This city is also a hub for political extremists. Violent skirmishes have broken out between proud boys and antifa members.

Portland, like many large U.S. towns, has experienced a rise in the number of murders during the last two years. Experts attribute this to social disruptions created by the COVID-19 epidemic.