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Shots are reported to have been fired Thursday on multiple occasions near Dakota Access Pipeline protest sites.

One instance came at Backwater Bridge in Morton County, where one person was injured after being shot in the hand, according to the sheriff's department. The victim was carrying a firearm at the time they were shot.

According to Cecily Fong of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, the shooting involved a person who allegedly had been run off the road by protesters north of the main protest camp south of County Road 134 on N.D. Highway 1806.

Dallas Goldtooth, a protester with Indigenous Environmental Network who said he arrived immediately after the incident, said a man in a truck holding an automatic rifle drove through the barricade. He said protesters allegedly used their vehicle to ram the truck and pushed the man's vehicle off the road.

Goldtooth said the man climbed out of the vehicle and stood out in the creek with the rifle. He said several protesters attempted to de-escalate the situation until U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs officers arrived. He said none of the protesters mentioned anything about shots fired.

No law enforcement were involved in the shooting.