Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was struck at an anti-Trump rally in Utah after peacekeepers opened fire on another man who had pulled out an AR-15 style rifle.
Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was struck at an anti-Trump rally in Utah after peacekeepers opened fire on another man who had pulled out an AR-15 style rifle.contestant was shot and killed at a “No Kings” rally in Utah after a man brandished a rifle at demonstrators.
Fashion designer Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was accidentally shot Saturday evening by a member of the rally’s official peacekeeping team, after theyPeacekeepers shot at Arturo Gamboa, 24, after they confronted him with their handguns drawn and he allegedly ignored their orders to drop the weapon, instead running toward a crowd with the rifle held in “firing position,”Caught in the crossfire, Ah Loo was critically wounded and later died at a hospital. He is survived by his wife and two young children, according to aAh Loo on 'Project Runway' in 2019. He reportedly became known as the fasted sewer on the show and would help other contestants with his extra time.Gamboa, who was dressed in all black clothing and wearing a black mask, sustained a minor gunshot wound and has been charged with murder. Authorities said it’s still unclear what his intentions at the protest were and why he brought a rifle.in 2019. He finished 13th in his season and was known as one of the faster sewers, who would help other contestants finish their projects.Originally from Samoa, his friend Susi Malohifo’ou remembered him as a “trendsetter in many ways in the fashion world” in comments to thedrew around 10,000 people to downtown Salt Lake City, because he was someone “who believed in equity and equality for all people and all communities,” Utah State Representative Verona Mauga, a friend of Ah Loo’s, told“I wasn’t thinking of my life at all,” protester Sam Hernandez said of the moments before he snatched a backpack holding a rifle. “...I said, ‘This guy’s got a gun.’ Someone’s got to take him down.”Saturday’s “No Kings” protests drew millions of people nationwide to rally against President Donald Trump and his administration, following a wave of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles last week.that attendees, including peacekeepers, are instructed not to bring weapons, although she said the peacekeepers’ actions helped prevented a larger mass casualty event. “Our safety team did as best as they could in a situation that is extremely sad and extremely scary,” Parker said.
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