The 39-year-old man was a successful apparel designer who devoted his life to celebrating artists from the Pacific Islands.

Police say Ah Loo was an innocent bystander caught in the line of fire between peacekeepers and a man with an AR-15-style rifle.

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.”