Man in custody after Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was apparently shot by member of event\u2019s peacekeeping team<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A demonstrator who was shot on Saturday during Salt Lake City\u2019s \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest has died, Utah<\/a> police said on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The man, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, had apparently been shot by a man who had been part of the event\u2019s peacekeeping team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur victim was not the intended target,\u201d Brian Redd, the Salt Lake City police chief, said, \u201cbut rather an innocent bystander participating in the demonstration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arturo Gamboa, 24, was taken into police custody on Saturday evening on a murder charge, said Redd at a Sunday news conference. Ah Loo had been taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, where he died from his wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Redd said a man in a brightly colored vest fired three shots from a handgun at Gamboa, inflicting a relatively minor injury to Gamboa but fatally shooting Ah Loo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two of the peacekeepers in neon vests allegedly saw Gamboa separate from the crowd of marchers in downtown Salt Lake City, move behind a wall and retrieve a rifle around 8pm, Redd said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the two men in vests confronted Gamboa with their handguns drawn, witnesses said Gamboa raised his rifle into a firing position and ran toward the crowd, said Redd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s when one of the men in the bright vests shot three rounds, hitting Gamboa and Ah Loo, said Redd. Gamboa, who police said didn\u2019t have a criminal history, was wounded and treated before being booked into jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Detectives don\u2019t 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\u2019s death. The Associated Press did not immediately find an attorney listed for Gamboa or contact information for his family in public records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The gunshots sent hundreds of protestors running, some hiding behind barriers and fleeing into parking garages and nearby businesses, police said in a statement. \u201cThat\u2019s a gun. Come on, come on, get out,\u201d someone can be heard saying in a video posted to social media that appears to show the events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No Kings protests swept across the country<\/a> on Saturday, and organizers said millions rallied against what they described as Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s authoritarian excesses. Confrontations were largely isolated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Utah chapter of the 50501 movement<\/a>, which helped organize the protests, said in a statement on Instagram that they condemned the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n