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Hearing for Man Who Confessed to Shooting Palmdale Deputy to Begin

Prosecutors say Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar planned the ambush for years, while the defense argues he was legally insane at the time.

Summary by MyNewsLA.com
A jury is set Monday to hear opening statements Monday in the trial of a man who allegedly confessed to the ambush shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Palmdale nearly three years ago. Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, now 32, is charged with the Sept. 16, 2023, killing of Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, who was shot in the back of the head in a patrol vehicle while stopped at a red light near the sheriff’s Palmdale station. T…

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MyNewsLA.com broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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