A Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy was shot and killed Saturday while on duty in his patrol car near the Palmdale Sheriff Station.
Authorities said a member of the public found Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, unconscious in his vehicle and alerted Sheriff personnel at the station around 6 p.m. Saturday night.
Clickunbroomer’s colleagues took him to Antelope Valley Medical Center where was later pronounced dead from a gunshot wound. His flag-draped body was taken from the hospital to a waiting coroner’s van hours after the shooting. Dozens of uniformed deputies saluted and members of the public stood silently in watch.
What authorities are saying
At a Saturday press conference, Sheriff Robert Luna asked for the public’s help to find the person responsible.
“We need to get this guy off the street — guy or guys. He’s a public safety threat. He ambushed and killed one of our deputies. We need your help to get him off the street,” Luna said.
Luna said Clickunbroomer was found in his patrol car on Sierra Highway near Ave. Q in Palmdale.
I want to let to our community know Deputy Clinkunbroomer left his family tonight to serve our community. He laid everything on the line to serve us. He wore a uniform just like other @LASDHQ deputies wear, driving in a police car, and he was senselessly murdered tonight. pic.twitter.com/Jqc2sSB63c
— Robert Luna (@LACoSheriff) September 17, 2023
Investigators have not determined a motive. Luna says he believes the deputy was targeted.
“He didn’t deserve this,” Luna said Saturday. “He wore a uniform, just like you see other L.A. County deputies serve, or wear, or don, driving in a police car…
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