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In critical incidents, the FBI regularly offers additional resources to our local partner agencies. During the SW 6th Avenue/SW Montgomery Street incident earlier today, the FBI offered and provided assistance to the Portland Police Bureau. That support included analytical resources and investigative assistance from agents and officers assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).
Portland Police Bureau is the lead agency for this investigation, and any substantive information will be released by PPB.
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