Manhunt Underway Seeking Gunman Who Ambushed, Killed Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy

The 30-year-old Ryan Clinkunbroomer, shot and killed Sept. 16 while on duty, was a third-generation deputy after his father and grandfather.

Sheriff's deputies block off a street where a deputy was fatally wounded in Palmdale, Calif., on Sept. 17, 2023. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy died after he was shot in his patrol car by an unknown assailant on Sept. 16. Richard Vogel/AP Photo

Local, regional, state, and federal law enforcement agencies are joining forces to identify and apprehend the person or persons responsible for what is being described as an ambush murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in Palmdale, California, the evening of Sept. 16, according to statements made in a press conference led by Sheriff Robert Luna.

“The full resources of the sheriff’s department and all our law enforcement partners are not going to rest until we find this individual,” Mr. Luna said in a press conference held just after midnight on Sept. 17. “We have a lot of investigators on it, and we’ll figure it all out.”