Mass Shooting During Annual Festival Event In Utah, Multiple People Injured
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A shooting at WestFest in West Valley City, Utah, left multiple people injured on Sunday night. Police confirmed the incident happened during the festival.
Multiple people were shot during WestFest – an annual festival event in West Valley City, Utah, on Sunday night (local time). According to multiple media reports, several people were reported injured in the incident.
It was not immediately known if there were any casualties in the incident or the exact number of those injured in the shooting.
The incident was confirmed after the West Valley City Police, in an X post, wrote, 'There has been a shooting at WestFest, which was underway at Centennial Park."
'Several people are hurt. PIO is enroute," the police said.
A video on social media showed a heavy police presence at Centennial Park.
(News18 could not verify the authenticity of the video).
ANOTHER SHOOTING IN UTAH
In a separate incident, a man, who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the 'No Kings" protest in Utah's 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.
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.
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June 16, 2025, 10:48 IST
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