On the evening of June 14, 2025, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a 39-year-old Samoan fashion designer, was killed by gunfire while peacefully attending a No Kings protest in downtown Salt Lake City near 151 South State Street. The shooting occurred about 7:56 p.m.; Ah Loo was struck and later died at a local hospital. A Salt Lake City police sergeant heard the shots at the scene.

Investigators say Ah Loo was an innocent bystander. The sequence reported starts when two volunteer peacekeepers confronted 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa, who was described as wearing black, masked and allegedly brandishing an AR-15-style rifle. One of the peacekeepers, identified as Matt Alder, fired three handgun rounds; one struck Ah Loo and another wounded Gamboa. Gamboa was arrested and initially charged with murder, but prosecutors later released him after determining he had not fired his weapon and that it was reportedly unloaded.

As of October 2025 no charges had been filed against Matt Alder and the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said the investigation remained open. Ah Loo’s widow has announced plans for a wrongful death lawsuit and is calling for an independent inquiry and reforms to how protests are permitted and secured in the city.

Did anyone who attended that protest see the confrontation between the peacekeepers and the man in black?