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A demonstrator who was shot on Saturday during Salt Lake City’s “No Kings” protest has died, Utah police said on Sunday afternoon.
The man, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, had apparently been shot by a man who had been part of the event’s peacekeeping team.
“Our victim was not the intended target,” Brian Redd, the Salt Lake City police chief, said, “but rather an innocent bystander participating in the demonstration.”
Arturo Gamboa, 24, was taken into police custody on Saturday evening on a murder charge, said Redd at a Sunday news conference. Ah Loo, who had been taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, where he died from his wounds.
Redd said a man in a brightly colored vest fired three shots from a handgun at Gamboa, inflicting a relatively minor injury to Gamboa but fatally shooting Ah Loo.
Two of the peacekeepers in neon vests allegedly saw Gamboa separate from the crowd of marchers in downtown Salt Lake City, move behind a wall and retrieve a rifle around 8pm, Redd said.
When the two men in vests confronted Gamboa with their handguns drawn, witnesses said Gamboa raised his rifle into a firing position and ran toward the crowd, said Redd.
That’s when one of the men in the bright vests shot three rounds, hitting Gamboa and Ah Loo, said Redd. Gamboa, who police said didn’t have a criminal history, was wounded and treated before being booked into jail.
A lot of people here are going along with the reported claim that Gamboa was planning on shooting up the march. Is there any evidence of this?
A video capturing the moment that the peace keeper shot at Gamboa was posted to reddit (now removed) here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SaltLakeCity/comments/1lcg5h3/i_found_the_video_of_the_first_few_shots_being/
I managed to download the video from here: https://rapidsave.com/info?url=%2Fr%2FSaltLakeCity%2Fcomments%2F1lcg5h3%2Fi_found_the_video_of_the_first_few_shots_being%2F
I’m trying to upload to tankie tube but it appears to be down. Any alternatives??
In the video it appears that Gamboa is open-carrying an ar-15 (legal in Utah) but doesn’t run until the peace keeper shots at Gamboa.
Edit: here’s the video via streamable while I wait for tankie tube to come back online https://streamable.com/g8q4w6
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