Authorities are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy in his patrol vehicle in Palmdale, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) said.
Authorities are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy in his patrol vehicle in Palmdale, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Sheriff Robert Luna spoke somberly in a press conference Saturday night to announce the murder of 30-year-old sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer. The deputy was discovered unconscious in his patrol car by a good Samaritan around 6 p.m. near the intersection of Sierra Highway and Avenue Q, not too far from the Palmdale Sheriff Station.
“He was just driving down the street and for no apparent reason, and we’re still looking into the specific reasons, somebody decided to shoot and murder him," Sheriff Luna said."I’m assuming at this point because he was in uniform. That, to me, is sickening.”After the good Samaritan alerted the authorities of the grim discovery, Clinkunbroomer was rushed to the Antelope Valley Medical Center, where he died of his wounds.
"Despite the medical staff’s best efforts to save our deputy's life, regrettably, he succumbed to his injuries," Luna said. The slain deputy served the Palmdale and Antelope Valley communities and was a field training officer, according to LASD. He was a third-generation law enforcement official as his father and grandfather served, as well.
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