A 29-year-old man charged with fatally shooting a Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputy in front of the county sheriff’s Palmdale station pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity during his first court appearance Sept. 20 in Los Angeles.
Sporting shoulder-length wavy black hair and wearing what appeared to be a safety smock often worn by inmates on suicide watch, the shackled Kevin Cataneo Salazar was charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances—offenses that allow for penalty enhancements—for allegedly killing 30-year-old Ryan Clinkunbroomer in his patrol car at a red light on the evening of Sept. 16.
