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Man dies after being shot in chaotic scene at Salt Lake City’s ‘No Kings’ protest • Idaho Capital Sun
A 39-year-old man died Saturday night after being shot during Salt Lake City, Utah's, “No Kings” protest, according to police.

--Police said a member of peacekeeping team fired shots trying to contain man pointing rifle at demonstrators, hitting a man who was marching with the group
It seems with all the attention focused on the Minnesota Congressional Murders this weekend, we at DP may have overlooked another attack directed at the "No Kings" protestors which also resulted in a fatality. This occurred at Saturday's Salt Lake City protest.
According to police, a member of a "peacekeeping" team protecting the protestors was alerted to an individual separating himself from the crowd and pulling an AR15 out of a duffle bag.
The peacekeepers approached the individual, who then took-off running towards the crowd, raising and aiming his rifle at the crowd. One of the peacekeepers opened fire at the running gunman, firing three shots, with one shot wounding the gunman ending the threat.
Unfortunately one of the two remaining projectiles hit the innocent victim, a protestor named Arthur Folasa Ah Loo (39), whom despite immediate care passed while being hospitalized.
The wounded gunman, Arturo Gamboa (24), has been booked into Salt Lake Metro Jail for "Suspicion of Murder". The unidentified peacekeepers who fired the shots have not been charged or held, and are cooperating with investigators. Police state the deceased gunshot victim, Loo, was "an innocent bystander participating in the demonstration".
Sorry for the verbosity. The story had to be pieced together from multiple sources, though my OP source appears reasonably complete.
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