{"id":487831,"date":"2026-01-02T20:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/487831\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:13:11","slug":"off-duty-ice-agent-gunned-down-active-shooter-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/487831\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-duty ICE agent gunned down &#8216;active shooter&#8217; neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A heroic off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent thwarted a possible active shooting by <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/01\/us-news\/dhs-agent-fatally-shoots-armed-neighbor-in-northridge-lapd-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gunning down his neighbor<\/a> as the man was firing shots into the air at their Los Angeles apartment complex, the feds said.<\/p>\n<p>The agent, who hasn\u2019t been identified publicly, jumped into action when his neighbor opened fire with a rifle at the complex on Roscoe Boulevard in Northridge on New Year\u2019s Eve, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.79334501;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38078511\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/off-duty-ice-agent-hailed-118150803.jpg\" alt=\"A view of an apartment complex hallway at night, with yellow crime scene tape cordoning off an area near a metal staircase and a white tarp covering a section of the building.\" class=\"wp-image-38078511\"  \/>A man was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent at their Los Angeles apartment complex on New Year\u2019s Eve. TNLA<\/p>\n<p>Police are still probing the shooting but the Department of Homeland Security quickly defended the agent, insisting his bravery saved lives. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to protect his life and that of others, he was forced to defensively use his weapon and exchanged gunfire with the shooter,\u201d DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Post in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, our brave officer was not injured while protecting his community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ordeal unfolded just after 10:30 p.m. when the gunman \u2014 described only as a black male in his 30s \u2014 suddenly opened fire, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.65564738;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38078510\" width=\"601\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/off-duty-ice-agent-hailed-118150801.jpg\" alt=\"Police officer with a rifle.\" class=\"wp-image-38078510\"  \/>Police are still probing the shooting, but the Department of Homeland Security quickly praised the agent\u2019s bravery. TNLA<\/p>\n<p>The ICE agent quickly fired back and struck the perp, according to police.   <\/p>\n<p>The agent immediately called 911 in the wake of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNeed West Coast news? The California Post is coming soon.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet in early. Sign up for our weekly newsletter before our 2026 launch.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The gun-toting neighbor was pronounced dead when cops arrived at the scene, police said. <\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if the suspect pointed or fired his weapon at the off-duty agent at any point.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made but the LAPD said it is still probing the ordeal.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A heroic off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent thwarted a possible active shooting by gunning down his neighbor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":487832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2398,409,2961,4530,224,5337,145751,3677,1154],"class_list":{"0":"post-487831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-department-of-homeland-security","11":"tag-immigration","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-lapd","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-new-years-eve","17":"tag-shootings","18":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115827337120399145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}