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Colleges and universities across Los Angeles County are adapting to the ongoing impacts of several deadly, destructive fires, including the Palisades Fire on the west side of L.A. and the Eaton Fire to the east in Altadena. Several campuses have closed, reopened or moved instruction online throughout last week and this week. With many campuses returning from winter break this week, students, staff and administrators are grappling with a challenging start to their new academic term and devastation in their communities.

Additionally, some campuses are providing resource hubs, for their own students and employees as well as their surrounding communities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up disaster recovery centers at Pasadena City College and UCLA, which are serving as one-stop-shops for resources.

Campuses close, classes move online

Several colleges and universities, including Pasadena City College, UCLA, Pepperdine University and Occidental College, either temporarily closed campuses or moved to remote instruction.

Pasadena City College, which was in the middle of its winter intersession when the Eaton fire broke out, closed both of its campuses from Jan. 8-12, according to campus-wide emails. The college resumed in-person instruction Monday.

Superintendent and President José Gómez sent an email describing the community hub that has been created in a parking lot on the main campus. Several organizations, including the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, the Pasadena Unified School District, the Young 9 Foundation, the Pasadena Humane Society and the Rotary Club of Pasadena, have been helping sort donations and distribute essential supplies like food, water and clothing to thousands who have been affected. On Sunday, the college provided a meeting space for first responders and government officials to answer community questions.

“I think this is a great testament to how committed our leaders are and also seeing all the community members coming together to donate and support,” said Student Trustee Irene Wong. “It’s been really heartwarming and hopeful to see the community come together for those in need.”

The college will continue to provide free meals with World Central Kitchen through Jan. 15 and has established a Community Relief Fund for those affected. There is also a tech lending program for students and staff who need access to laptops and Wi-Fi.

On the west side of the county, Santa Monica College closed its seven campuses from Jan. 8-12. All but one re-opened Monday. The Malibu campus remains closed with staff working remotely and instruction taking place online after the area was evacuated due to the Palisades fire. Santa Monica Police Department is using a parking lot at the Performing Arts Center campus as a temporary command post to support nearby firefighting operations. The college website lists several resources that students can access, including hotel rooms, meals and mental health resources. Santa Monica College has also established a Disaster Support Fund. 

All nine campuses in the Los Angeles Community College District closed from Jan. 9-11, with staff working remotely and instruction moved online, due to concerns about air quality, safety and increased traffic. Campuses returned to in-person classes Monday, though students and employees can request accommodations if they need them.

Aracely Aguiar, president of Los Angeles Pierce College in the San Fernando Valley, said, “we’re being flexible, because we know that many of the faculty members and the students could have been impacted.”

Aguiar said that several Pierce faculty have lost homes in the fires, and the Foundation for the LACCD is fundraising to support the district’s staff and students who are affected. The Pierce campus is also serving as an animal evacuation center for the Palisades fire, housing more than 200 horses and other large animals.

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When Eva Lemmon, a freshman at UCLA, first heard the news of the LA fires, it felt like her freshman year of high school, when she heard school was going online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It kind of reminded me of when we went into quarantine,” Lemmon said. “I think everybody was very disoriented, especially because school had just started.”

The winter quarter began at UCLA on Jan. 6, but will remain online through Jan. 17.

UCLA is not in the evacuation zone of the Palisades fire, but in a letter from Chancellor Julio Frenk, the switch to remote instruction is to prioritize the community’s “safety and wellness.”

Lemmon grew up in L.A., attending middle and high school in the Pasadena area. Lemmon has left the UCLA campus for now and is at her parents’ Manhattan Beach home.

“(L.A. is) my favorite place in the world,” Lemmon said. “So many places that I used to hang out in middle school, high school, places that I would go hiking out in West LA — it’s insane to me to think that these places are gone. It’s just going to feel so different, even if it’s rebuilt.”

According to UCLA’s website, the university’s Economic Crisis Response Team is providing resources to students displaced by the fires. It is also providing temporary housing to employees who have lost their homes.

Occidental College in northeast Los Angeles is currently not in the Eaton fire evacuation zone. However, the campus was temporarily closed from Jan. 8-12 due to its proximity to the fire. The campus reopened Monday and classes will resume in-person on Jan. 21 for the spring semester.

Logan Morris, a third-year student at Occidental College, was visiting home in the Bay Area for winter break when she first heard about the fires. Her initial reaction was mixed — fear for what her future at the school would look like and grief for those in the LA area.

“What if I don’t have a school to go back to?” she said.

Now, as a member of the LA community, she wants to do what she can to help when she returns.

“I do feel very connected with LA and want to help the best that I can,” Morris said. “I want to help bring back what makes LA, LA I want to be able to be a part of seeing it come back to life.”

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The Palisades Fire is 2.5 miles away from Pepperdine University’s campus in Malibu and, according to the university’s website, the fire does not pose a threat to the campus. Classes resumed from winter break online on Monday and will continue to be taught remotely until Jan. 19. The university is providing resources to students who have lost their homes, supported by the Pepperdine Strong Fund. The fund initially provided support to the Pepperdine community following the Franklin Fire that broke out on Dec. 9 in Malibu and burned more than 4,000 acres, 2.4 miles from campus.

Nearby campuses provide flexibility, support for employees and students

Several Los Angeles-area colleges have remained open, but are providing remote work alternatives, masks, and other support due to air quality, nearby evacuations and other challenges. These campuses, including Loyola Marymount University, Cal State Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, have not been evacuated and are not in evacuation warning zones, but are taking precautions.

At Loyola Marymount, which is located in the Westchester area of LA, the new semester began as scheduled on Monday. However, the university is providing accommodations to students, faculty and staff displaced by the fires.

At USC, classes resumed after winter break on Monday as scheduled. Students, staff and faculty can request N95 masks to help protect against the poor air quality. According to the USC Website, students with asthma, COPD, heart conditions or other sensitive health conditions can request a temporary housing reassignment through a Google Form. For faculty displaced by the fires, the university is helping them find temporary housing.

At Cal State Los Angeles, located in east LA, spring semester classes are set to start on Jan. 21, the regularly scheduled date. Patrick K. Day, vice president for student affairs, sent a campus-wide email outlining resources the school is providing, such as the Golden Eagles LA Fires Recovery Fund, which will help faculty, staff and students who live in neighborhoods affected by the fires and are in critical need. Counseling and Psychological Services will also have special “triage hours” for students who need mental health support. Day shared how moved he was by the support of the Cal State LA community.

“These gestures of care are evidence of a community coming together during a time of great loss, pain, and uncertainty — it makes me proud to be a Golden Eagle,” Day wrote.

Students mobilize to help raise money and support for LA communities

Within days of the start of the Los Angeles-area fires, student leaders mobilized their organizations to engage in mutual aid efforts and share resources.

Leila Salam, a third-year student at UCLA, discussed how several of her classmates and friends have family who have evacuated or lost homes in the fires. As the chapter chair of CALPIRG at UCLA, a campus organization focused on public interest advocacy, she and other members started their own fundraiser.

“We had people share out information on their social medias, of, like, where people could donate, and then call friends and family members personally to kind of tell them about the issue, why it’s important, and then ask for donations,” Salam said. “And just through doing that event for three hours, we were able to raise over $1,000.”

Salam is working with other campus organizations and leaning on her organization’s network of 25,000 students across UC campuses to host a donation drive this week. By continuing these efforts, she hopes to “make an even bigger impact.”

Orange Coast College sophomore Evelyn McCready is a boatswain, or youth leader, of a Sea Scout group called “Ship 550 Malolo.” Her group is organizing a donation drive Jan. 18. Although the group is based in Long Beach, she said members have been affected by the fires.

“We have many scouts that are currently living around active fire zones,” McCready said. “One of the groups that frequents our base is based out of Altadena, one of our own camps that’s called Josepho was destroyed in the Palisades fire.”

McCready was motivated to help because of how frequently California wildfires have occurred and cited an oath she took as a Sea Scout. “Part of [the oath] is to be prepared to render aid to those in need,” she said. “So, it is simply our responsibility to help the victims of the fires, because, well, we could be next.”

Alpha Tau Delta, a professional nursing fraternity at UC Irvine, has collected a variety of donations, from baby formula to medical supplies.

Mandy Bautista, a second-year student at UC Irvine and media manager for Alpha Tau Delta, said he was glad to contribute to the cause. “It’s beautiful to see our community come together for these efforts, and if everyone comes together to help for a common cause, we can make such a substantial impact to those in need,” he said.

More resources can be found here:

• Foundation for California Community Colleges: Wildfire and Disaster Relief 
  
• UCLA: How you can help
  
• PCC: Fire Updates & Support
  
• Pasadena City College Community Funds
  
• SMC: Disaster Relief Resources
  
• LACCD: Fire Resources and Support
  
• USC: Community Resources
  
• Mutual Aid LA Network
  
• Anakbayan UCLA Community Call

Delilah Brumer and Victoria Mejicanos are College Journalism Network fellows. Camelia Heins and Khadeejah Khan are contributors with the College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. CalMatters higher education coverage is supported by a grant from the College Futures Foundation.

Updated January 12, 2026 at 00:20 AM ET

Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor and Noah Wyle each took home acting awards at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the show for the second year in a row, joking in her opening monologue that the Golden Globe for best editing should go to the Justice Department, seemingly referencing the Epstein files — and that the award for most editing ought to go to CBS News, calling it "America's newest place to see B.S. news." (New CBS News editor in chief, Bari Weiss, recently drew criticism for pulling a segment about a detention center in El Salvador from 60 Minutes.)

Teyana Taylor's prize was for best supporting actress in a motion picture, one of four awards for One Battle After Another, which also won the evening's prize for best musical or comedy motion picture. Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson took home awards for screenwriting and directing.

Wyle's award was for The Pitt, which also won the prize for best TV drama.

Chalamet's win was the only prize for Marty Supreme, which was nominated as a comedy. Hamnet won the award for best drama film; Jessie Buckley took home the award for best actress in a drama for the same movie.

The Netflix series Adolescence took home trophies for best limited or anthology series, along with prizes for actors Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty. The Studio took home the prize for best TV musical or comedy, with Seth Rogen winning the top prize for actors in that group.

Good Hang with Amy Poehler won the Globes' very first prize for the best podcast.

The nominees in each category are below, with winners noted in bold.

Best motion picture – drama
Winner: Hamnet (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – drama
Winner: Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – drama
Winner: Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere)

Best motion picture – musical or comedy
Winner: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)

Best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
Winner: Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best performance by a male actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy
Winner: Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Lee Byung-hun (No Other Choice)
Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

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Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Winner: Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role in any motion picture
Winner: Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

Best original song – motion picture
Winner: "Golden" – KPop Demon Hunters
"Dream as One" – Avatar: Fire and Ash
"I Lied to You" – Sinners
"No Place Like Home" – Wicked: For Good
"The Girl in the Bubble" – Wicked: For Good
"Train Dreams" – Train Dreams

Best screenplay – motion picture
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet)

Best director – motion picture
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Cinematic and box office achievement
Winner: Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
F1 (Apple Original Films)
KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best motion picture – animated
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best original score – motion picture
Winner: Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Hans Zimmer (F1)

Best motion picture – non-English language
Winner: The Secret Agent (Neon) - Brazil
It Was Just an Accident (Neon) - France
No Other Choice (Neon) - South Korea
Sentimental Value (Neon) - Norway
Sirāt (Neon) - Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa) - Tunisia

Best television series – musical or comedy
Winner: The Studio (Apple TV)
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX on Hulu)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Best television series – drama
Winner: The Pitt (HBO Max)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Severance (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
The White Lotus (HBO Max)

Best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television
Winner: Adolescence (Netflix)
All Her Fault (Peacock)
The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Dying for Sex (FX on Hulu)
The Girlfriend (Prime Video)

Best performance by a male actor in a television series – drama
Winner: Noah Wyle (The Pitt)
Sterling K. Brown (Paradise)
Diego Luna (Andor)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Mark Ruffalo (Task)
Adam Scott (Severance)

Best performance by a female actor in a television series – drama
Winner: Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)
Kathy Bates (Matlock)
Britt Lower (Severance)
Helen Mirren (Mobland)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)

Best performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy
Winner: Jean Smart (Hacks)
Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)

Best performance by a male actor in a television series – musical or comedy
Winner: Seth Rogen (The Studio)
Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Glen Powell (Chad Powers)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Best performance by a male actor in a supporting role on television
Winner: Owen Cooper (Adolescence)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Walton Goggins (The White Lotus)
Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus)
Tramell Tillman (Severance)
Ashley Walters (Adolescence)

Best performance by a female actor in a supporting role on television
Winner: Erin Doherty (Adolescence)
Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)
Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
Catherine O'Hara (The Studio)
Parker Posey (The White Lotus)
Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus)

Best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television
Winner: Stephen Graham (Adolescence)
Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror)
Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
Jude Law (Black Rabbit)
Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)

Best performance by a female actor in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television
Winner: Michelle Williams (Dying for Sex)
Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
Rashida Jones (Black Mirror)
Amanda Seyfried (Long Bright River)
Sarah Snook (All Her Fault)
Robin Wright (The Girlfriend)

Best performance in stand-up comedy on television
Winner: Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Mortality)
Bill Maher (Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?)
Brett Goldstein (Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life)
Kevin Hart (Kevin Hart: Acting My Age)
Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts)
Sarah Silverman (Sarah Silverman: Postmortem)

Best podcast
Winner: Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Spotify)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (Wondery)
Call Her Daddy (SiriusXM)
The Mel Robbins Podcast (SiriusXM)
Smartless (SiriusXM)
Up First (NPR)

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DUARTE, Calif. — Veteran actor T.K. Carter, who appeared in the horror film "The Thing" and "Punky Brewster" on television, has died at the age of 69.

Carter was declared dead Friday evening after deputies responded to a call regarding an unresponsive male in Duarte, California, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Police did not disclose a cause of death or other details, but said no foul play was suspected.

Thomas Kent "T.K." Carter was born Dec. 18, 1956, in New York City and was raised in Southern California.

He began his career in stand-up comedy and with acting roles. Carter had been acting for years before a breakthrough role as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, "The Thing." He also had a recurring role in the 1980s sitcom "Punky Brewster."

Other big-screen roles include "Runaway Train" in 1985, "Ski Patrol" in 1990 and "Space Jam" in 1996.

"T.K. Carter was a consummate professional and a genuine soul whose talent transcended genres," his publicist, Tony Freeman, said in a statement. "He brought laughter, truth, and humanity to every role he touched. His legacy will continue to inspire generations of artists and fans alike."

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A person in an inflatable frog suit holds a sign during a protest in Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2026 against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

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A tourist bus drives past as people protest in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), in Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2026 against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

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Alison Brett (far right) of La Crescenta at the Ice Out For Good protest in Pasadena on Jan. 10, 2026.

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People have been taking to the streets nationwide this weekend to protest the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics following the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer this week.

At least 1,000 events across the U.S. were planned for Saturday and Sunday, according to Indivisible, a progressive grassroots coalition of activists helping coordinate the movement it calls "ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action."

Leah Greenberg, a co-executive director of Indivisible, said people are coming together to "grieve, honor those we've lost, and demand accountability from a system that has operated with impunity for far too long."

"Renee Nicole Good was a wife, a mother of three, and a member of her community. She, and the dozens of other sons, daughters, friends, siblings, parents, and community members who have been killed by ICE, should be alive today," Greenberg said in a statement on Friday. "ICE's violence is not a statistic, it has names, families, and futures attached to it, and we refuse to look away or stay silent."

Large crowds of demonstrators carried signs and shouted "ICE out now!" as protests continued across Minneapolis on Saturday. One of those protestors, Cameron Kritikos, told NPR that he is worried that the presence of more ICE agents in the city could lead to more violence or another death.

"If more ICE officers are deployed to the streets, especially a place here where there's very clear public opposition to the terrorizing of our neighborhoods, I'm nervous that there's going to be more violence," the 31-year grocery store worker said. "I'm nervous that there are going to be more clashes with law enforcement officials, and at the end of the day I think that's not what anyone wants."

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The night before, hundreds of city and state police officers responded to a "noise protest" in downtown Minneapolis. An estimated 1,000 people gathered Friday night, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, and 29 people were arrested.

People demonstrated outside of hotels where ICE agents were believed to be staying. They chanted, played drums and banged pots. O'Hara said that a group of people split from the main protest and began damaging hotel windows. One police officer was injured from a chunk of ice that was hurled at officers, he added.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the acts of violence but praised what he said was the "vast majority" of protesters who remained peaceful, during a morning news conference.

"To anyone who causes property damage or puts others in danger: you will be arrested. We are standing up to Donald Trump's chaos not with our own brand of chaos, but with care and unity," Frey wrote on social media.

Commenting on the protests, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told NPR in a statement, "the First Amendment protects speech and peaceful assembly — not rioting, assault and destruction," adding, "DHS is taking measures to uphold the rule of law and protect public safety and our officers."

Good was fatally shot the day after DHS launched a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota set to deploy 2,000 immigration officers to the state.

In Philadelphia, police estimated about 500 demonstrators "were cooperative and peaceful" at a march that began Saturday morning at City Hall, Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Tanya Little told NPR in a statement. And no arrests were made.

In Portland, Ore., demonstrators rallied and lined the streets outside of a hospital on Saturday afternoon, where immigration enforcement agents bring detainees who are injured during an arrest, reported Oregon Public Broadcasting.

A man and woman were shot and injured by U.S. Border Patrol agents on Thursday in the city. DHS said the shooting happened during a targeted vehicle stop and identified the driver as Luis David Nino-Moncada, and the passenger as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, both from Venezuela. As was the case in their assertion about Good's fatal shooting, Homeland Security officials claimed the federal agent acted in self-defense after Nino-Moncada and Zambrano-Contreras "weaponized their vehicle."
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