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{{Infobox incident
| title = Keith Porter Jr.
| date = 2025-12-31
| city =
| county =
| state = California
| country = United States
| location_detail = Northridge, Los Angeles, California (outside his apartment complex)
| facility =
| agencies = ICE (off-duty officer)
| operation_type = Fatal use of force by an immigration agent
| status = California Attorney General investigation sought.
| people_affected = 1
| injuries =
| deaths = 1 — shot
| agents_involved = ICE agent Brian Palacios (per American Immigration Council reporting)
| vehicles_involved =
| verification = source confidence: medium; independent evidence disputes the official account
| key_sources =
* [https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-deaths-shootings-2026/ Am. Immigration Council]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shootings_by_U.S._immigration_agents_in_the_second_Trump_administration Wikipedia]
}}

'''Keith Porter Jr.''' (43, U.S. citizen) was killed by ICE (off-duty officer) on 2025-12-31, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California (outside his apartment complex). Fatally shot on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE officer who responded to what he described as an active-shooter situation.

== Official account ==
Officer said Porter had fired at him; acted in self-defense.

== What is documented ==
* '''Person:''' Keith Porter Jr., age 43; U.S. citizen.
* '''Location:''' Northridge, Los Angeles, California (outside his apartment complex).
* '''Agency:''' ICE (off-duty officer).
* '''Cause:''' shot.
* '''Circumstance:''' Fatally shot on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE officer who responded to what he described as an active-shooter situation.
* '''Agent(s) named:''' ICE agent Brian Palacios (per American Immigration Council reporting).

== Scrutiny of the official account ==
''Grounded in the sourced record below; this documents the dispute rather than asserting a conclusion.''
* '''Contradicting evidence:''' Family/local police say Porter was firing a rifle into the air as a New Year's Eve celebration, not targeting anyone.
* '''Status / dispute:''' California Attorney General investigation sought.

== Unanswered questions ==
# Will the responsible agency release its full records, footage, and the medical examiner's findings?
# Was the death preventable — and were required medical or welfare protocols followed?
# Will an independent body (not the agency itself) investigate?

== Help document this death ==
If you have information, photos, video, or documentation about this death:
* '''Submit a tip / report:''' [[ICE List:Submit incident|Submit an incident report]]
* '''Upload photos or video:''' [[Special:Upload|Upload media to the ICE List]]
* '''Identify an agent or vehicle:''' [[ICE List:Submit Agent|Submit agent information]]

== See also ==
* [[:Category:Deaths by immigration enforcement]]
* [[:Category:Killings by immigration agents]]

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