Overview
- Police responded around 10:30–10:40 p.m. to reports of rifle shots on the 17150 block of Roscoe in Northridge on New Year’s Eve.
- An armed neighbor identified by authorities as an off-duty Department of Homeland Security agent confronted the man reported to be firing.
- The agent fired during the encounter, and Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced the man dead at about 11:07 p.m.
- Investigators have not determined whether the man pointed or fired his weapon at the off-duty agent.
- No arrests had been made as of Thursday morning, and officials have not publicly released the identities or additional details.