Suspect jailed after “No Kings” rally shooting in Utah released from custody. District attorney says he is unable to make a decision and the investigation continues.

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Suspect in ‘No Kings’ rally shooting death in Utah released from jail

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.

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Suspect in ‘No Kings’ rally shooting death in Utah released from jail

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

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I've seen the video of the incident and while Gamboa had a rifle in hand, it was pointed at the ground, and never raised to a firing position even after he started running towards the crowd because someone started shooting at him. The "peacekeeper" who opened fire, and was the only one to have fired a weapon should be charged. He started firing with tons of innocent people in the line of fire and ended up killing someone he wasn't even trying to hit.
"Innocent guys" don't walk around with rifles, you fucking asshole. Dude should at the very least be charged with reckless endangerment.
Edit: I got a couple of things confused because I misread the article, including, but not limited to, thinking the shooter's dad was claiming the shooter was innocent, which is what I was responding to. Today's not my day for reading comprehension, apparently.
- I get what you’re trying to say, but Utah is a “constitutional carry” state. Meaning that he was legally allowed to open carry whatever firearm he wished as long as he didn’t point it at anyone. In this case I think the law is more reckless than the individual.
  
  To add to that, look at pictures of the pro Trump protests in Utah around Jan 6, many of them openly carrying assault rifles, none of them shot. I don't like guns or open carry but the difference in reaction is stark.
  
  That's true, and I agree, the law is too reckless when it comes to guns. That said, it seems like he did raise his weapon to the crowd, which seems very unwise.
- Surely you mean that "safety volunteer" that was actually shooting, right? The guy who killed a person, right?
  
  Yeah, I misread the article and got a couple of things confused, as I mentioned in another comment.
- so these guys are assholes, right?
  and these guys
  and these guys
  and these guys too
  all these people should be charged. right?
  had to add this. Chopper Dan has a sticker on his "assault helmet". aka, a bicycle helmet. fuckin losers.
  
  Yes.
- That's why I don't trust cops

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