SALT LAKE CITY — While the first two shots fired by a so-called “peacekeeper” during the No Kings protest in Salt Lake City in June may have fallen under Utah’s self-defense justification statute, the third shot — the one that killed an innocent bystander — did not, according to Sim Gill.

“We believe the third shot was the reckless shot. And while you may have a right to use lethal force, that doesn’t mean that lethal force can be used in a reckless manner,” the Salt Lake County district attorney said Wednesday.

During an extended press conference on Wednesday, Gill explained how his office reached the decision to file a charge of manslaughter , a second-degree felony, against Matthew Scott Alder, 43, in the fatal shooting of Arthur “Afa” Folasa Ah Loo on June 14.

The case is complic

See Full Page