A jury ruled that the man who shot and killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in an ambush in Palmdale three years ago was legally sane at the time of the crime. Kevin Cataneo Salazar, 32, was found legally sane when he shot Clinkunbroomer as the deputy sat in a marked patrol vehicle at a red light near ...

A jury heard opening statements Monday in the trial of a man charged with the ambush shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer three years ago. Deputy Ryan M. Clinkunbroomer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) was killed on Sept. 16, 2023, in an ambush shooting at the intersection of Sierra Highway and Avenue Q in ...