One person is in critical condition after a shooting at the Salt Lake City, Utah ‘No Kings’ protest
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SLC ‘No Kings’ protest shooting update: Arturo Gamboa, 24, was arrested and booked into jail on a charge of murder.
Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was shot and killed while attending the event. Detectives believe he was an innocent bystander.
Witnesses say Gamboa had a backpack and gas mask, separated from the march and hid behind a wall, pulling out an AR-15 rifle.
Gamboa allegedly raised the weapon and started running toward the crowd of protestors.
"Peacekeepers" in high visibility vests participating in the event saw Gamboa. One pulled out a handgun and fired 3 shots.
One shot hit Gamboa causing a minor gunshot wound. He was treated at the hospital, released and booked in the Salt Lake County Jail.
One round hit the innocent bystander, ultimately killing him.
The “peacekeeper” in the high visibility vest who fired the 3 shots is cooperating with the police and has not been charged with anything at this time.
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Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was shot and killed while attending the event. Detectives believe he was an innocent bystander.
Witnesses say Gamboa had a backpack and gas mask, separated from the march and hid behind a wall, pulling out an AR-15 rifle.
Gamboa allegedly raised the weapon and started running toward the crowd of protestors.
"Peacekeepers" in high visibility vests participating in the event saw Gamboa. One pulled out a handgun and fired 3 shots.
One shot hit Gamboa causing a minor gunshot wound. He was treated at the hospital, released and booked in the Salt Lake County Jail.
One round hit the innocent bystander, ultimately killing him.
The “peacekeeper” in the high visibility vest who fired the 3 shots is cooperating with the police and has not been charged with anything at this time.
View: https://x.com/TaylerUSA/status/1934343254117609961
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Arturo Gamboa, the man charged with murder at Salt Lake City’s “No Kings” protest, was raised LDS in Utah by a Venezuelan immigrant father.
He was a drummer in the radical anti-government punk band @RADEband . 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄, 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. - “𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀.”
𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗔 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 “𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆”
He was an avid supporter of BLM during 2020.
View: https://x.com/TaylerUSA/status/1934352884537442382
He was a drummer in the radical anti-government punk band @RADEband . 𝗜𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄, 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. - “𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀.”
𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗔 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 “𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆”
He was an avid supporter of BLM during 2020.
View: https://x.com/TaylerUSA/status/1934352884537442382
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At a news conference Saturday night, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said police do not know who shot the man.
One person ‘critically injured,’ three in custody after shooting as 10,000 march in Salt Lake City during ‘No Kings’ protest
Near the end of a march from Pioneer Park to the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building, shots were fired. Salt Lake City police said they transported one person to a hospital and arrested another.
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At the No Kings protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, two armed security members spotted a man dressed all in black move away from demonstrators and to a secluded area behind a wall, the police said.
At that point, according to the police, the man started handling an AR-15-style rifle that he removed from his backpack. The security members drew their guns and confronted the man, who began running toward the crowd, holding his weapon in “a firing position,” the police said.
One of the security members fired three times, wounding the gunman and also striking a bystander, who was killed, the Salt Lake City Police Department said.
The police took the man with the rifle, who was identified as Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody and charged him with murder, Chief Brian Redd of the Salt Lake City Police Department said at a news conference on Sunday.
At that point, according to the police, the man started handling an AR-15-style rifle that he removed from his backpack. The security members drew their guns and confronted the man, who began running toward the crowd, holding his weapon in “a firing position,” the police said.
One of the security members fired three times, wounding the gunman and also striking a bystander, who was killed, the Salt Lake City Police Department said.
The police took the man with the rifle, who was identified as Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody and charged him with murder, Chief Brian Redd of the Salt Lake City Police Department said at a news conference on Sunday.