US EditionCouncilmember Hernandez Remembers ICE Shooting Victim Keith Porter
The Los Angeles County District Attorney reviews the shooting amid conflicting accounts of whether Keith Porter was an active shooter or firing celebratory shots.
- On December 31st, an off‑duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Keith "Pooter" Porter around 10:40 p.m. at the Village Pointe Apartments in Northridge, where police recovered a gun.
- Family members say Porter was firing celebratory shots into the air to mark the new year, a practice friends said was common where Porter grew up in Compton, while Los Angeles City officials warn it can be deadly.
- DHS says the officer heard escalating gunfire, left his unit with an ICE‑authorized firearm and identified himself; Tricia McLaughlin said Porter shot at the officer, who fired defensively.
- The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office will review evidence, but legal experts say the supremacy clause limits state prosecution and local agencies cannot compel the federal agent to cooperate.
- Nearly 100 people attended a vigil organized by Black Lives Matter‑Los Angeles, where community activists and Porter’s loved ones demanded accountability and called for an arrest amid national scrutiny of DHS agents.
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Councilmember Hernandez Remembers ICE Shooting Victim Keith Porter
As protests continue to unfold locally and nationally over the killing of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, the mother of a man who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent in Northridge on New Year’s Eve called Friday for justice for her son. Keith Porter Jr., 43, was fatally shot shortly after 11:30 p.m. Dec. 31 in the 17700 block of Roscoe Boulevard by an unidentified ICE agent. The Department of Homelan…
Death Of Keith Porter, Man Killed By Off-Duty ICE Agent In LA In December, Gains More Attention After Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Four people have been fatally shot by ICE agents since the start of the immigration raids across the country, according to The Trace. The death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis this week has brought more attention to the death of Keith Porter in Southern California, who was shot by an off-duty agent on New Year’s Eve. The Trace, which investigates instances of gun violence, identified seven people who have been injured and a total of 16 incid…
Why No Charges? Friends, Family of Man Killed by Off-Duty ICE Officer Ask After New Year’s Eve Shooting.
Keith Porter, 43, had been firing a gun into the air to celebrate before he was killed, family members say. If the shooter weren’t an ICE agent, ‘We would expect that there would be an arrest,’ a community leader says. The post Why No Charges? Friends, Family of Man Killed by Off-Duty ICE Officer Ask After New Year’s Eve Shooting. appeared first on .
‘Active shooter’ or ICE agent’s victim? What happened in L.A. New Year’s Eve killing
When Adrian Metoyer first heard government officials describing his best friend as an “active shooter” and threat to his community, he was furious. Keith “Pooter” Porter was a lot of things: a jack of all trades who worked dozens of jobs, a proud “girl dad” to his two daughters, an avid fisherman, a die-hard San Francisco 49ers fan and a “performer” who loved to drive a room to laughter with his “goofy” antics, friends and relatives said. But, t…
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