Suspect in ‘No Kings’ rally shooting death in Utah released from jail
www.theguardian.com
Police say Arturo Gamboa was carrying a rifle when safety volunteer fired on him and accidentally killed bystander

Local district attorney Sim Gill’s office said on Friday that it was unable to make a decision on charges against Arturo Gamboa after the 14 June shooting that killed demonstrator Arthur Folasa Ah Loo – but that the investigation into the slaying continues.

Salt Lake City police had said Arturo Gamboa brought an assault-style rifle to the rally and was moving toward the crowd with the weapon raised when a safety volunteer for the event fired three shots, wounding Gamboa and killing Ah Loo nearby.

Gamboa didn’t fire his rifle, and it’s unclear what he intended to do with it. His father, Albert Gamboa said his son was “an innocent guy” who was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/suspect-no-kings-rally-shooting-death-utah-released.

  • earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Agreed, while I fucking hate the fact that certain individuals have decided that the right to bare arms is more important than the right to life, it is still their right. I disapprove of limiting rights based on which individual uses them. The Utah Legislature needs to figure out if the right to carry firearms is for everyone or go the route California did and ban it because individuals they didn’t like started arming themselves.

    • Kernal64@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      Yup. IIRC, the NRA didn’t really get influential until minorities started arming themselves and organizations like the Black Panthers started to appear. Then all of a sudden these 2A clowns are all about gun control… For certain individuals.