Friends of Arturo Gamboa say they don't believe he ever brandished the weapon. Instead, they believe the shooting was a deadly miscommunication — someone overreacting because he was open-carrying.

Tragedy at Utah "No Kings" protest as 39-year-old participant dies after being accidentally shot by event security responding to armed man with rifle.

Utah resident Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, was shot and critically wounded during the protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 14. He later died in the hospital from his injuries, the Salt Lake City Police Department confirmed in a news release.

Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a 39-year-old former contestant on the fashion design competition series, died Saturday after being struck by gunfire, as police refer to him as an “innocent bystander.”

A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.

A peaceful protest in Salt Lake City turned deadly Saturday night when "Project Runway" alum and beloved fashion designer Arthur Folasa Ah Loo was tragically killed in a shooting incident during a "No Kings" rally.

Former Project Runway star Arthur Folasa Ah Loo has died after being shot at an anti-Trump rally in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday night.