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A man who would have been part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” demonstration in Salt Lake City shot a person who brandished a rifle among the demonstrators, hitting both the carabinier and a passer -by who died later in the hospital, the authorities announced on Sunday.
The police took the alleged rifler, Arturo Gamboa, 24, in detention on Saturday evening for a murder, said the chief of the police of Salt Lake City, Brian Redd, at a Sunday press conference.
The passer -by was Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, Samoa fashion designer.
“Our detectives believe that he was an innocent spectator,” said the police service in a social media position.
The detectives do not yet know why Gamboa has withdrawn what they describe as an AR-15-5-style rifle, or why he went to peaceburns, but they accused him of creating the dangerous situation that led to the death of Ah Loo. The Associated Press did not immediately find a lawyer listed for Gamoa or the contact details of his family in public archives.
Redd said that the man who was part of the peacekeeping team, dressed in a neon green vest, fired three shots from a handgun in Gamboa, inflicting a relatively minor injury but fatally pulling Ah Loo. Redd did not share the name of man.
The police have always surveyed who fired
The volunteer peacekeeping teams are common for demonstrations, said Sarah Parker, national coordinator of the 50501 movement, who was a partner of the “No Kings” demonstration. But the organizers ask the participants, including the peacekeepers, not to bring weapons, she said. However, Parker said that they had stopped what could have been a greater mass event.
“Our security team has done the best she could in an extremely sad and extremely frightening situation,” said Parker.
Ah Loo, known as AFA, was a husband and a father of two children and a fashion designer who looked into his samoan inheritance, according to a GoFundme page organized to support his family. Ah Loo founded Creative Pacific, an event celebrating the diversity of the Pacific islands, with workshops, artists and a fashion track. He was on season 17 of the fashion reality TV show Project track.
The shots sent hundreds of demonstrators to run, some hiding behind barriers and fleeing from parking garages and neighboring companies, police said in a statement.
“It’s a firearm. Come on, go out, maybe say that in a video published on social networks that seems to show events.
“No kings”, demonstrations swept the United States on Saturday, and the organizers said that millions of people gathered against what they described as the authoritarian trends of President Donald Trump.
The shooter and another person in a neon belly would have seen Gamboa separated from the walker crowd in downtown Salt Lake City, move behind a wall and remove a rifle around 8 p.m., said Redd.
When the two men in vests confronted Gamboa with their drawn hand weapons, witnesses said that Gamboa had raised his rifle in a shooting position and ran to the crowd, said Redd.
It was then that one of the men dressed in the vests pulled three laps, hitting Gamboa and Ah Loo, said Redd. Gamboa, who, according to the police, had no criminal history, was injured and treated before being reserved in prison.
Redd said that the actions of peacekeepers were also part of the investigation.
Police said they had recovered an AR-15 style rifle, a gas mask and a backpack on the scene.
