Supporters Of Man Killed By ICE Agent In Northridge Plan To Speak At Police Commission

LOS ANGELES, CA — Supporters of the family of a man shot dead by an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Northridge on New Year's Eve plan to take their concerns to the Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday.

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 Homeland Security issued a statement saying the agent "bravely responded to an active shooter situation" and "exchanged gunfire with" Porter.

The LAPD continued to investigate the shooting of Porter and now his family would like to loop in the the five-member police commission, which sets policies and oversees LAPD operations, working with the police chief, who acts as the board's CEO.

Local activists said Porter was not an active shooter, although he was firing a weapon into the air to celebrate New Year's Eve — a practice routinely condemned by law enforcement officials.

The shooting has led to increased criticism of the ICE presence in the city, and calls for a thorough investigation and the release of the name of the agent who shot Porter.

Discussion of Porter's death was renewed following Wednesday morning's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, 37, in Minneapolis by an ICE agent who fired into her moving Honda Pilot SUV during an immigration operation.

During Friday's Los Angeles City Council meeting, several members discussed Good's shooting, with Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez saying Porter's death should not be forgotten.

Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope and one of the vigil's organizers, said last week the shootings of Renee Good on Wednesday and Keith Porter Jr. on New Year's Eve "are not isolated incidents.

"They reflect a dangerous pattern of excessive force, poor judgment and a lack of accountability that is costing innocent people their lives," Ali said in a statement. "We are coming together to mourn, to demand truth and to call for justice."

Porter's relatives joined civil rights leaders on Saturday in Carson Park for a candlelight vigil in memory of Porter and Good, a mother of three.

Indivisible Westside Los Angeles also held a protest Saturday on an overpass over the San Diego (405) Freeway as part of a larger movement called Ice Out For Good. A similar organized action was led by San Gabriel Foothills Indivisible on Garfield Avenue and Colorado Boulevard across from the Paseo Mall in Pasadena.

The organization previously participated and led protests for No Kings Day on June 14, 2025.

Multiple protests have been held in downtown Los Angeles in response to Good's shooting in Minneapolis.

Federal officials said an ICE agent fatally shot Good in self-defense, and they accused her of trying to "weaponize" her vehicle and run over law enforcement officers after interfering with an immigration-enforcement operation. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Good's actions an "act of domestic terrorism" and part of an escalating trend of assaults and attempted attacks on immigration agents nationwide. She said an ICE agent was injured by Good's vehicle and treated at a hospital.

President Donald Trump also defended the actions of the agent who opened fire.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli in Los Angeles stated, "Federal agents are justified in using deadly force to defend their lives. A vehicle is considered a deadly weapon. Do not drive at an officer. It's dangerous and you will also be charged with a felony."

Local officials have condemned the Minnesota shooting. Protests were held Wednesday night and Thursday in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights.

"The senseless killing of an innocent and unarmed wife and mother by ICE agents today in Minneapolis is shocking and tragic and should never have occurred," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement Wednesday night. "And it happened because of the brutal and racist policies of the Trump administration that unleashed these agents in Minneapolis to go after a specific population — Somalians.

"Our hearts go out to the family of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, who was the mother of a 6-year-old child. Make no mistake, this new wave of ICE agents descending on American cities is a purposeful campaign of fear and intimidation by the administration meant to distract from Trump's cruel policies that have tanked the economy and are impacting everyday Americans who can no longer afford basic needs like health care, rent, utilities, medicines, and groceries. Violence like this does not exist in isolation — it undermines public safety and strikes at the very foundation of our democracy. It's atrocious, it's dangerous, and it's un-American."

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called for an immediate investigation into the shooting.

"Oversight Democrats are demanding answers on what happened," Garcia wrote on social media.

Rep. Derek Tran, D-Garden Grove, called Good's killing "a profound failure of justice and a grotesque violation of the values we claim to uphold."

"I am sickened, though tragically no longer surprised, by this display of lethal incompetence," Tran said in a statement. "Under this administration, we have seen a consistent, disturbing pattern: the escalation of force.

"This has nothing to do with the rule of law and everything to do with a culture of cruelty that threatens our communities rather than keeping us safe."

City News Service