Family of L.A. man killed by ICE agent calls for grand jury investigation into shooting
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Set us as preferred The family of a Los Angeles man who was shot and killed by an off-duty U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on New Year’s Eve is asking for the case to be brought before a grand jury.After a meeting with Los Angeles County Dist.
Atty.Nathan Hochman on Monday afternoon, the family of Keith Porter Jr.
said they asked the county’s top law enforcement official to leave the decision of whether the ICE agent should face criminal charges to a panel of county residents.Porter, 43, was allegedly firing a gun into the air to celebrate the New Year in the courtyard of his Northridge apartment complex when he was confronted by his neighbor, Brian Palacios.The U.S.
Department of Homeland Security initially described Porter as an “active shooter,” though no one else was injured that night.Porter’s relatives and their attorney, Jamal Tooson, have repeatedly said Porter was no threat to anyone.
Police said they recovered a rifle from the scene after Porter was killed.A law enforcement official previously told The Times that detectives found evidence of two bullet impacts behind where Palacios was standing at the time of the shooting, supporting claims that Porter had fired at him.
California Attorneys for Keith Porter Jr.— who was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve — called for California Atty.
Gen.Rob Bonta to take over the investigation of the incident, claiming the LAPD won’t conduct a fair review.Tooson has claimed a neighbor’s Ring camera captured audio evidence from the shooting.
The recording will show Palacios did not identify himself as law enforcement, according to Tooson.Tooson said Monday he believed that presenting the case to a grand jury “would be the best path, moving forward, toward getting justice.” He told reporters that Hochman offered no timetable for a decision on charging Palacios during the meeting, saying he was still in ...