Independent probe sought in fatal shooting of Los Angeles

Lawyers for the family of a California man shot dead by an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent outside his apartment on New Year’s Eve urged the state's attorney general to open an independent investigation of the killing.



Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters that relatives ⁠of Keith Porter Jr., the 43-year-old father of two who was gunned down on January 31, lacked faith in the Los Angeles Police Department to conduct ‌a "fair and transparent investigation" of the ⁠shooting.



Details of Porter's killing have remained sketchy.



According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, Porter was a suspected "active shooter" killed in an exchange of gunfire with the off-duty immigration agent who confronted him.



The officer, whose identity DHS has not made public, lived at the same apartment complex as Porter and was "protecting his community,"according to an agency spokesperson.



Reuters could not independently verify the account given by DHS, and the Los Angeles Police Department has released few details of the incident.