Jury convicts Kevin Salazar in execution-style killing of LA Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer

A California man has been convicted in the drive-by ambush of a Los Angeles deputy shot and killed at a red light just steps from the sheriff's Palmdale station in 2023.

Jurors found Kevin Salazar, 32, guilty of the murder of Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer Monday after a week-long trial.

"It’s very helpful that the justice system prevail, that you have a conviction that is a benefit to the family," Brad Gage, the Los Angeles attorney representing Clinkunbroomer's family, told Fox News Digital.

"That gives some solace.

That gives some comfort." MURDERED LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPUTY'S FAMILY SLAPS COUNTY WITH $20M WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT Around 6 p.m. on Sept.

16, 2023, Clinkunbroomer pulled up to a red light down the street from the sheriff's station in Palmdale.

He was driving his marked car and wearing his uniform.

As he waited for the light to turn green, another car pulled up alongside him – and a man inside shot him in the head.

Authorities said Salazar had followed Clinkunbroomer from the Palmdale Sheriff's Station to the intersection less than a block away before opening fire with a .22 revolver.

He sped off, and Clinkunbroomer was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Authorities found Salazar at his family's home in Palmdale two days later and arrested him on murder charges after a standoff, part of which was caught on video.

ARREST MADE IN AMBUSH KILLING OF LA SHERIFF'S DEPUTY RYAN CLINKUNBROOMER Clinkunbroomer, 30, was engaged to be married at the time of his murder.

"When a parent loses a child, there’s no name for it," Gage said.

"It’s so painful, it’s so traumatic, it is so devastating that it is beyond words." Jurors deliberated for just 2 1/2 hours before finding Salazar guilty of first-degree murder as well as the special circumstance allegations of murder of a peace officer, lying in wait and firing from a vehicle, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.