Keith Porter Jr. was a 43-year-old father of two from Compton, California. Family members described him as a devoted father with, in his mother's words, "a wonderful soul and big heart." He was fatally shot by an off-duty federal immigration agent outside the Valley Pointe Apartments in Northridge, Los Angeles, on December 31, 2025.
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An off-duty ICE agent, later identified in court filings as Brian Palacios, fatally shot Keith Porter Jr. in Northridge on New Year's Eve. DHS says Porter aimed a rifle and fired; his family says he was firing celebratory shots skyward.
