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Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar was arrested on Monday after an
intensive manhunt and a four-hour standoff at a home in the high
desert suburb of Palmdale. He was charged with one count of
murder after allegedly lying in wait and shooting the deputy,
Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, on Sept. 16.
"This ambush attack was absolutely unacceptable and an attack on
law enforcement as a whole," Gascon said. "Deputy Clinkunbroomer
was in uniform, stopped at a red light in his patrol vehicle
like thousands of other law enforcement officers and deputies do
every day when he tragically lost his life while serving his
community."
Clinkunbroomer, a third generation law enforcement officer who
had recently been engaged to be married, was found wounded in
his vehicle by a passerby, who ran to the nearby sheriff's
station to seek help.
The deputy was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died.
Gascon said that Salazar had followed Clinkunbroomer from the
nearby Palmdale Sheriff's station and shot him with a 22 caliber
revolver from the front seat of his own vehicle before speeding
away.
Authorities did not release a motive for the shooting. A
preliminary hearing in the case is set for Nov. 7 at the Anelope
Valley Courthouse. If convicted, Salazar faces life in prison,
Gascon said.
(Reporting by Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California;
Editing by Sandra Maler)
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