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A demonstrator who was shot on Saturday during Salt Lake City’s “No Kings” protest has died, Utah police said on Sunday afternoon.

The man, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, had apparently been shot by a man who had been part of the event’s peacekeeping team.

“Our victim was not the intended target,” Brian Redd, the Salt Lake City police chief, said, “but rather an innocent bystander participating in the demonstration.”

Arturo Gamboa, 24, was taken into police custody on Saturday evening on a murder charge, said Redd at a Sunday news conference. Ah Loo, who had been taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, where he died from his wounds.

Redd said a man in a brightly colored vest fired three shots from a handgun at Gamboa, inflicting a relatively minor injury to Gamboa but fatally shooting Ah Loo.

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Vance Boelter, who is wanted for shooting two Minnesota lawmakers at their homes early Saturday morning while allegedly dressed like a police officer, was captured by police Sunday after a lengthy manhunt, according to multiplereports.

Boelter was apprehended near his home in Green Isle, Minnesota, KSTP-TV reports.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in “what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Saturday. Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times at their home, which is around five miles from the Hortmans’ residence.

The suspect approached both homes while wearing a mask and dressed as a law enforcement officer. When he was approached outside of Hortman’s house by law enforcement, he immediately shot at the officers and went back into the home. Officials said they believe he fled on foot through the back of the home.

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At least six people were injured after a car plowed into a crowd near SoFi Stadium south of Los Angeles, according to local reports.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed that six people were injured after being hit by a vehicle after a crowd of people were leaving the stadium, located in Inglewood, California, local news outlets KTLA5 and ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported.

The crash was reported at 10:23 p.m. local time, and the six victims were transported to the hospital with minor injuries before 11 p.m., according to KTLA5.

USA TODAY has reached out to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for more information.

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Donald Trump has ordered the US government to consolidate its wildland firefighting force into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that it could be costly and increase the risk of catastrophic blazes in the middle of peak wildfire season.

The order aims to centralize firefighting efforts, which are now split among five agencies and two cabinet departments. Trump’s proposed budget for next year calls for the creation of a new Federal Wildland Fire Service under the US interior department.

That would mean shifting thousands of personnel from the US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service – where most federal firefighters now work – with fire season already under way. The administration has not disclosed how much money the change could cost or save.

In his order, Trump cited the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in January as highlighting a need for a quicker response to wildfires.

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Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define a revved-up era of American popular music, has died at age 82.

Wilson's family announced his death on social media Wednesday, June 11, and did not cite a cause.

"We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away. We are at a loss for words right now," the post on X read. "Please respect our privacy at this time as our family (is) grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world. Love & Mercy."

Wilson is survived by daughters from his first marriage, Carnie and Wendy, who achieved success as part of Wilson Phillips, and five adopted children from his second marriage to Melinda Ledbetter.

TVNL Comment:  Rest in peace, Brian. You gave us so much beautiful and memorable music.

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Protests against the Trump administration’s newly intensified immigration raids, centered on Los Angeles, spread across the country on Tuesday, with demonstrations in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Omaha and Seattle.

Thousands attended a protest against the federal government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in New York City’s Foley Square.

Some protesters held signs reading “Ice out of New York” and others chanted “Why are you in riot gear? I don’t see no riot here.”