Solution of a partial integro-differential equation

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I want to find a solution for the following equation

$$ \partial_y u(x,y) + \partial_x u(x,y) + \int_{0}^{x} r(x-x') u(x',y) dx' = 0 $$

$$ u(x,0)=0 \quad u(0,y)=\delta(y) $$

in $(x,y) \in (0,+\infty)\times(0,+\infty)$

Formally this is how I would go:

Laplace transforming in $x$ $$ \partial_y \hat{u}(s,y) + (\:s + \hat{r}(s) \:)\; \hat{u}(s,y) = \delta(y) $$

then

$$ \hat{u}(s,y) = e^{-sy} * e^{-r(s)\:y} H(y) $$

and (this is related to this other question)

$$ u(x,y) = \mathcal{L}^{-1}\{ e^{-r(s)\:y}H(y) \}(x-y,y) $$

where $\mathcal{L}^{-1}$ is the inverse laplace transform and $H(y)$ the Heaviside step function

Is this correct ? I'm not very sure about solving the ODE in $\hat{u}$ in that way...