The man killed by an off-duty ICE agent in Northridge has been identified by the public as Keith “Pooter” Porter; vigil on Sunday

The man who was shot and killed on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a Northridge apartment has been identified by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, and on social media, as Keith “Pooter” Porter.

Authorities have not fully identified the victim. Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, along with Porter’s family and loved ones, held a public vigil in Porter’s honor on Sunday. The memorial will be held at the Village Pointe complex (17171 Roscoe Blvd., Northridge) where the fatal shooting happened in the last hour on Wednesday.

“This vigil is about remembering Keith as a person, not a talking point or a hashtag and standing with his family as they seek truth and accountability,” said the organizer of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles in a statement. “An off-duty federal agent took his own life, and the public deserves clear answers, full transparency and justice.”

Friends and family of Porter expressed their grief over the sudden loss on social media.

“This is the kind of friend most of us wish we had,” wrote Bryon Taylor on Facebook, who described Porter as funny, cool and down-to-earth with a love of life.

“I loved this man sincerely and with all my heart. Pooter was an amazing friend to me. Anytime and anything I needed, he was there. This really breaks my heart … Praying for his mother, children, and his entire family,” Mimi Love wrote on Facebook.

Another Instagram user, who said she works with Porter at Home Depot, commented on her last Instagram post: “She’s one of the most popular people at this store. She’s a legend here just for being her … This is beyond heartbreaking.”

Authorities have not yet identified the ICE agent responsible.

The New Year’s Eve death is being investigated by the Robbery-Homicide Division, which handles all extrajudicial police shootings, said LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton.

Since this incident involves a federal agent, the case is also being handled by the FBI, the US Department of Justice and Homeland Security Investigations.

After the incident, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said the ICE agency was responding to an “active shooter situation” at his apartment.

However, the lack of injuries to anyone else at the scene as well statements from neighbors have fueled speculation that Porter may have been ringing in the new year by firing a gun into the air, a crime punishable by prison due to the high risk of death or injury.

Hamilton said it’s “too early to say” if that’s the case.

Police detectives have not spoken with ICE agents because of agreements on how to conduct deadly force investigations with federal law enforcement officials. “We won’t talk to them for days,” said Hamilton.

After the incident, Homeland Security officials released a brief statement saying the agent opened fire “to protect his life and that of others.”

“He was forced to defend himself and use his weapon and shoot the shooter,” said Tricia McLaughlin, the department’s assistant secretary for public affairs, adding that ICE contacted police afterward.

According to City News Service, police responded to the Valley Village Pointe apartment complex at Roscoe Boulevard and Amestoy Avenue in Northridge at 11:37 p.m. Wednesday.

Initial media reports quoted an unnamed LAPD official as saying the man who was killed was firing a gun into the air. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Friday morning, a makeshift memorial of candles and roses had sprung up outside a ground-floor apartment that neighbors said was related to the slain man. No one answered the door when a Times reporter knocked on the door on Friday.

Several neighbors the alarm sounded in the incident, including one who said a gunshot had been fired in his apartment.

Sunday’s vigil will give members of the public an opportunity to honor Porter’s life, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles said in a statement, “and stand in solidarity with his family as they seek justice and accountability from federal authorities.”