Overview
- A sworn declaration and custody-court records name ICE Officer Brian Palacios as the shooter at the Northridge complex and place his residence there.
- Porter’s family and their attorney asked California Attorney General Rob Bonta to open an independent investigation, citing the newly reported allegations and a possible hate-crime motive.
- DHS has said an active shooter was killed after an exchange of gunfire with the off-duty agent, while friends say Porter was firing celebratory rounds into the air.
- The agent’s attorney denies racist remarks and says child-abuse claims were unfounded, asserting that evidence of bullet holes supports a self-defense account.
- The L.A. County DA’s Justice System Integrity Division is investigating, community members are pressing for transparency, and child-welfare officials opened a separate inquiry with no public findings.