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Jury Finds Man Was Sane when He Killed L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy at a Palmdale Stoplight
The verdict makes Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar eligible for life in prison after jurors found he was sane during the 2023 ambush killing.
- A jury determined Wednesday that Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar was legally sane when he shot Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in 2023, rejecting defense claims that severe mental illness drove the ambush.
- Clinkunbroomer was shot in the back of the head while waiting at a red light in his patrol SUV near the Palmdale station, an attack Sheriff Robert Luna described as a random, calculated ambush.
- Defense attorney George Rosenstock argued Salazar suffered from a "delusional framework" and schizophrenia, while Deputy District Attorney David Ayvazian maintained he was of "sound mind" when executing the killing.
- Salazar, who was convicted of first-degree murder last week, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole and is scheduled for sentencing on October 1 at Los Angeles County Superior Court.
- Sheriff Robert Luna stated the verdict sends a strong message honoring the deputy's service, while Jessica Salazar expressed sadness, maintaining her brother's documented mental condition "wasn't invented" and dated back to 2019.
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Jury finds man was sane when he killed Sheriff's deputy in Palmdale
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - A man who gunned down a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at a stoplight in Palmdale three years ago was legally sane at the time of the crime, a jury decided today. The jury's verdict -- reached after about 1 1/2 days of deliberations -- means Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32,
Jury rejects insanity claim, ensuring life sentence for man who killed L.A. County deputy
Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32, was sane when he fatally shot L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in the back of the head in 2023, a jury ruled Wednesday.
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