The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has ignited a national reckoning over ICE’s use of deadly force, and it is now casting a harsh new spotlight on another fatal shooting that unfolded just days earlier in Los Angeles.
Good, a 37-year-old poet, mother, and wife, was shot and killed after an ICE agent opened fire during an immigration operation in south Minneapolis. Federal officials have defended the shooting, while Good’s family has rejected claims that she posed a deadly threat. Her mother said Good was “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known” and insisted she was “not part of anything like that at all.”
As outrage grows, civil rights advocates are drawing comparisons to the New Year’s Eve killing of Keith Porter Jr. in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, another deadly encounter involving an ICE agent.
The Department of Homeland Security said an off-duty ICE agent fatally shot Porter after responding to what authorities described as an “active shooter” call. Porter’s family and their attorney dispute that version of events, maintaining that he was firing a gun into the air and posed no direct threat.
Porter was remembered by loved ones as a devoted “girl dad” to his two daughters, a jack-of-all-trades worker, an avid fisherman, and a die-hard San Francisco 49ers fan. His best friend, Adrian Metoyer, said he was outraged when officials publicly branded Porter as a danger to the community.
The LAPD and Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office have confirmed investigations into Porter’s death are ongoing, though prosecutors warn a charging decision could take years.
With two fatal ICE-linked shootings now under public scrutiny, advocates are calling for urgent federal oversight and sweeping reforms to prevent further loss of life.
