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Suspect arrested in killing of LA County sheriff’s deputy in Palmdale

County Sheriff Ryan Clinkunbroomer, who was fatally shot in his car outside the Palmdale station.

LOS ANGELES — A 29-year-old man was arrested early Monday in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was shot in the head near the Palmdale station Saturday night, officials said Monday morning.

After deputies released information Sunday about a “vehicle of interest” in the slaying of Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, Sheriff Robert Luna said a tip from the community led investigators to a home in east Palmdale, where Kevin Cataneo Salazar was arrested early Monday.

“Thirty six hours after the murder of our deputy, the men and women of our

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