- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
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.
There’s no confrontation in the video. The open-carrier was walking calmly and not even facing the “peacekeepers” while they were aiming their pistols at him and into the crowd. The open-carrier doesn’t start running until shots ring out, and appears just as surprised as everyone else. This “peacekeeper” should definitely be charged for endangering the lives in that crowd, if not for manslaughter.
Can you please post a link to the video?
Sure, here’s the same link posted elsewhere in the comments: https://imgur.com/a/z3J25EB
Thanks, everything I had seen before was just a video of people running after hearing gunshots.