Chaos broke out at a peaceable protest in Salt Lake Metropolis over the weekend when gunfire rang out throughout a “No Kings” demonstration, sending two folks to the hospital and prompting a swift police response that led to 3 arrests.

In line with Salt Lake Metropolis Police, officers heard photographs Saturday night time the place a large crowd of protesters had gathered. One individual was critically injured within the capturing and rushed to a close-by hospital.

The suspected gunman, who had reportedly been strolling with the gang earlier than the violence erupted, additionally sustained a gunshot wound and was taken into custody after officers tracked him down. He stays hospitalized.

Two others have been detained in reference to the incident. Investigators are nonetheless working to find out what led to the capturing, whether or not there was any prior connection between the suspect and the sufferer, and if the assault had political motivations.

Roughly 10,000 demonstrators had marched from Pioneer Park to the Federal Constructing as a part of the nationwide “No Kings” motion, defending immigrant rights, and pushing again on what they referred to as an erosion of democracy beneath President Trump.