Man Convicted of Murdering LASD Deputy to Be Sentenced | FOX 11 Los Angeles
Jurors found Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar sane after convicting him of first-degree murder, and he faces life without parole in the deputy’s 2023 killing.
- On Thursday, Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar received a life sentence without parole for the 2023 ambush murder of Los Angeles County Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in Palmdale, concluding a three-year legal saga.
- Salazar ambushed Clinkunbroomer at a stoplight in September 2023, shooting the deputy in the back of the head; prosecutors argued the attack was premeditated retaliation because the defendant "blamed the government and police for his own disappointments."
- Despite a 2019 schizophrenia diagnosis, jurors rejected the defense's insanity plea; Prosecutors Michael Blake and David Ayvazian argued the defendant "did not prove that he was legally insane" at the time of the killing.
- During Thursday's hearing, Clinkunbroomer's family delivered emotional victim impact statements; Palmdale Mayor Eric Ohlsen said the sentence brings "a measure of accountability" for the killing.
- Local officials renamed a section of Avenue Q and the Castaic Sports Complex in Clinkunbroomer's honor, as the department continues to mourn the loss of the fourth-generation law enforcement officer.
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Man who murdered sheriff’s deputy gets life in prison without parole
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A man convicted of first-degree murder for gunning down a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at a stoplight in Palmdale just over three years ago was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of…
Man sentenced to life in prison for ambush shooting of Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in Palmdale
A man convicted of first-degree in the 2023 ambush shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in Palmdale was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Man convicted of murdering LASD deputy to be sentenced | FOX 11 Los Angeles
Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32, is facing a life prison term without the possibility of parole for the Sept. 16, 2023, killing of Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, a fourth-generation member of the sheriff's department.
Sentencing Set for Man Convicted of Murdering LA County Sheriff's Deputy
Sentencing is set Thursday for a man convicted of first-degree murder for gunning down a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy at a stoplight in Palmdale just over three years ago. Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32, is facing a life prison term without the possibility of parole for the Sept. 16, 2023, killing of Deputy Ryan […]
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