1 Killed in Shooting at a ‘No Kings' Protest in Salt Lake City
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.
The bystander, who was identified by the police as Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, of Utah, died at a hospital.
Chief Redd called the shooting 'sudden and alarming.'
'No one should fear coming to a peaceful and lawful demonstration in our city,' Chief Redd said.
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