PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy died Saturday night after he was shot in his patrol vehicle in a Palmdale ambush.
Dep. Ryan Clinkunbroomer, a 30-year-old field training officer, was shot just outside the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station at the corner of Sierra Highway and Avenue Q.
Luna also said Clinkunbroomer had just celebrated his engagement about four days before he was killed.
“He was just starting his life,” said Luna.
Manhunt now underway
Luna said numerous local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have offered their assistance in the investigation. However, he’s pushing the public to come forward, especially those people who may have been in the area at the time of the shooting.
“Somebody knows something,” said Luna.
When asked by a reporter if the shooting may have been a targeted attack, Luna noted the investigation is still in its early stages but said “nothing is off the table.”
“I think it was a targeted act, based on what we know now, but we’re still in the extremely early stages of this investigation,” he said.