Gunman dies after being shot by off-duty ICE agent; LAPD investigating

A New Yr’s Eve confrontation between an off-duty ICE officer and a person who was firing a gun at an condominium advanced has left the gunman lifeless and prompted an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Division, in keeping with an announcement from the Division of Homeland Safety.

“On December, thirty first, an off obligation ICE Officer bravely responded to an energetic shooter scenario at his condominium advanced. With the intention to defend his life and that of others, he was compelled to defensively use his weapon and exchanged gunfire with the shooter,” learn an emailed assertion from Tricia McLaughlin, the division’s assistant secretary of public affairs. “Happily, our courageous officer was not injured whereas defending his neighborhood.”

The Homeland Safety assertion stated the ICE officer contacted police following the incident.

“That is an ongoing investigation being performed by the LAPD, and we refer any additional inquiries to them,” the assertion stated.

In line with a Metropolis Information Service report, police responded to the Valley Pointe Flats advanced at Roscoe Boulevard and Amestoy Avenue in Northridge at 11:37 p.m. Wednesday. The information service quoted an unnamed LAPD officer as saying the person who was killed was firing an assault rifle into the air. The sufferer was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

Video taken on the scene by KTLA Information confirmed a white privateness cover arrange on a walkway on the residences to defend view of the physique.

Neither the identification of the lifeless man nor the ICE officer has been launched and no arrests have been reported.