Off-duty ICE officer allegedly shoots and kills man firing gun outside apartment complex: DHS
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Key Points:
- An off-duty ICE officer fatally shot an armed man outside his Los Angeles apartment complex on New Year's Eve after the man allegedly pointed a rifle at him and fired multiple rounds.
- The officer, hearing gunshots at around 10:45 p.m., confronted the armed individual after identifying himself as law enforcement and fired defensively when the man refused to comply and fired at him.
- The officer returned to his apartment to retrieve body armor before reporting the incident to LAPD, who found the armed man deceased at the scene; the officer was uninjured.
- The man appeared to have no prior connection to the ICE officer, and ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility is working with LAPD on the ongoing investigation.
- Authorities
