![]() Tribal police, who were eventually joined by officers from the Pendleton Police Department, the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI, taped off one of the entrances to the casino after the shooting, but customers continued to flow in and out of the building through other entrances Wednesday afternoon. The tribal government did not immediately release information about the identity of the people injured, or the police officers involved in the shooting. The police and the suspect engaged in a “shootout,” according to a social media post from the CTUIR, leading to the two injuries. Casino staff said they called the police and when the armed person left the building, he encountered the Umatilla Tribal Police Department. The incident began when the armed person attempted to rob the casino, which is about seven miles east of Pendleton in Eastern Oregon. The casino did not report anyone else being injured. In a press release, Wildhorse staff said the suspect and a bystander were injured in a police shooting and were taken to St.
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