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Protester shot and killed at ‘No Kings’ rally in Utah, police say (apnews.com)

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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.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

honestly, it reads more like the man with the rifle pointed into a crowd and started advancing towards them. literally protecting others is not larper behavior. a larper would incorrectly identify the time and place, but it's not as though the shooting here was unjustified; an immediate threat to multiple lives was present. now, should the peacekeeper be the one to hold a gun? it doesn't seem like it. i am confused as to why they are not being pursued for charges but whatever, the system doesn't make sense to me anyway.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The guy had an AR-15 so could have just started spraying the crowd ... but he didn't.

The second part of that is assuming that those who saw him separate from the crowd 'knew' what he was going to do. They didn't. They may have suspected something was up so could have followed him or called police instead of shooting into a crowd and murdering an innocent bystander ... which is what the shooter was supposedly trying to avoid.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Did you miss the part where they confronted him and he raised his gun and charged at the crowd?

You should also brush up on the definition of murder.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That narrative doesn't really match with the video I saw at all. The protectors are across a street from him and pointing their weapons at him. They were far enough away that he may not have even been able to know they were talking to him. He is walking towards the crowd (and in range to shoot at them without getting closer if he was intending to do so) but is not pointing his rifle at them or holding it in a threatening manner. The video cut out as soon as he started running and I couldn't tell from it when the shooting actually started. But it's conceivable that he started running because he was shot. I'm not saying he didn't have malicious intentions but it's certainly not a cut and dry situation based off the evidence available.

Edit: heres the link to what I saw - https://imgur.com/a/z3J25EB

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