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Former Salt Lake City school board member arrested after allegedly firing a gun at a car that hit him

Community activist and former Salt Lake City School Board of Education member Michael Clara was arrested Saturday night and booked into the Salt Lake County jail for allegedly firing a gun several times at a car that hit his vehicle.

Clara, 55, was traveling north on 900 West from 200 South when the car he was driving was struck “multiple times” by another vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit. He then allegedly exited his car, “drew a firearm from his holster" and fired his gun in the direction of the vehicle that had struck him.