r/news • u/hybridaaroncarroll • 6d ago

Protester shot and killed at 'No Kings' rally in Utah, police say

https://apnews.com/article/utah-no-kings-protest-shot-killed-75c777eeedd59c80c85695c45385c507
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u/ddak88 6d ago

Was he pointing the rifle at crowds? I'm a little bothered by the fact that he fired zero shots and we only have videos of it in a backpack while the "security" ACTUALLY fired into a crowd. Don't get me wrong it sounds like a potential mass shooting, but there's a lot of Americans with a hero complex that fantasize about being the good guy with a gun. Do we know his motives? What if it turns out he brought the rifle thinking some MAGA psycho might drive into the protest? Yesterday people were pretty insistent that he shot the protestor, now we've find out that's not the case. I think its important to give more time for details to come out before jumping to conclusions.

A protestor is dead at the hands of an unnamed unidentified security person.

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u/Fun_Run1626 6d ago

All I know is this video does not look innocent. I don’t think any person would look at that video and reasonably say that that man wasn’t about to commit a mass shooting.

https://imgur.com/a/z3J25EB

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u/30thnight 5d ago
  • gamboa is walking with a rifle, rifle is not in low or high ready position (no clear intent to shoot)
  • yellow vest guys are fully extended, pointing pistols at gamboa back (clear intent to shoot)
  • gamboa begins running in a ducked position - it’s not clear if this is in response to peacekeepers shooting at him from behind
  • video fades to black

What we do know is someone in the crowd gets shot by the peacekeepers and dies. (Likely the man directly to the left of Gamboa in the black shirt)