The Salt Lake City Police Department did not offer a charging recommendation in the case.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill on Friday, June 20, 2025. The Salt Lake City Police Department turned over its investigation of the fatal “No Kings” shooting to the district attorney’s office on July 2.
Salt Lake City police have turned over their investigation of the deadly “No Kings” shooting to prosecutors.
Police spokesperson Brent Weisberg said Tuesday that authorities formally submitted the case to the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office on July 2.
The department “may provide input” on charging decisions in some instances, Weisberg added in a Wednesday statement, but investigators did not offer a recommendation in the June 14 shooting case.
That’s not out of the ordinary, especially for complicated cases, according to former Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, who led the department from 2006 to 2015.
“Utah law is really wide open, as far as concealed carry, the right to use force, and when you can use that force and the accountability that comes along with that force,” Burbank said. “So it makes it very difficult in this circumstance to have a clear-cut determination of what took place or who should be accountable.”
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill confirmed that police presented the case to his office but added that the investigation is not yet complete.
“As with many investigations referred to the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, there is follow-up work to be done,” Gill said in a statement. “This continues to be an open case without any formal conclusions at this stage of the proceedings.”
Thousands turned out to march up State Street during the “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump, but three gunshots just before 8 p.m. that evening sent protesters scattering. The shots were fired by a member of the event’s volunteer “peacekeeping team,” Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said.
Police have not named the shooter or accused him of wrongdoing.
Redd said the volunteer confronted 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa when he saw Gamboa carrying a rifle. When Gamboa ran away, the chief said, the volunteer fired three shots at him.
One of those shots injured Gamboa, but another hit 39-year-old Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, who later died. Gamboa was taken into custody the night of the shooting but was not formally charged and was released on June 20.