Salt Lake City police say a demonstrator who was shot at the city's “No Kings” protest has died and that the bullet that killed him appears to have been fired by one of the demonstration's peacekeepers.

A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.

Police took the alleged rifleman, Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody Saturday evening on a murder charge, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said at a Sunday news conference. The bystander was Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, a fashion designer from Samoa.

Detectives don’t yet know why Gamboa pulled out a rifle or ran from the peacekeepers, but they accused him of creating the dangerous situation that led to Ah Loo’s death. The Associated Press did not immediately find an attorney listed for Gamboa or contact information for his family in public records.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I don’t buy it, I’ve been to protests here and there are always these people practicing their open carry rights as part of the protests, there are multiple groups and they all advocate training and gun safety to protect others, like the NRA pretends to do. He was not leveling his rifle, he was not advancing towards any specific location until a gun was pulled on him, and the biggest factor here is that Utah cops, and Utahns in general, absolutely fucking love shooting/executing people for absolutely no god damned reason. Utah cops REALLY want to shoot you.

    Fuck this narrative. ACAB.