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Shooting reported at new Salt Lake City federal courthouse

Salt Lake City police responded Monday morning to a report of a shooting at the new federal courthouse at 400 South and West Temple.

It was not immediately clear where the shooting happened, but Melodie Rydalch, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said it was related to the trial of an alleged member of the Tongan Crips.



http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57844841-78/police-shooting-lake-salt.html.csp
 
1 injured in reported shooting at Federal Courthouse, police say

SALT LAKE CITY — A shooting led to the new federal courthouse being placed on lockdown Monday morning.

Emergency dispatchers sent Salt Lake police to the building after receiving reports of a shooting. Details were scant but at least one person was driven away from the courthouse in an ambulance, escorted by marshals.

The shooting occurred inside Judge Tena Campbell's courtroom during a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) trial involving an alleged member of the Tongan Crip Gang, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office of Utah.

Siale Angilau was the last of several alleged TCG members to stand trial in the ongoing case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Jury selection was to begin Monday morning.


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Ben Winslow is tweeting with a lot of info. Defendant was not shackled but should have had a Jodi Arias stun belt on. jmo


Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 48m
Here's what Siale Angilau was on trial for in federal court when he was shot: http://www.scribd.com/doc/219443896/Angilau-indictment … @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 25m
"He shot him in the chest," witness says of U.S. Marshal. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 23m
Someone in the courtroom yelled "Get down!" witness says. Shots fired. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 20m
The witness was talking specific details of the inner workings of the gang, witness says. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 17m
Angilau made it to the witness stand, witnesses say. He was standing over the man testifying. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 14m
Witnesses think the man testifying was struck, not injured. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 2m
UPDATE: Judge Campbell has declared a mistrial in Angilau's case. Jurors too shaken from the shooting. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 3m
Homeland Security just lifted the crime scene tape around the federal courthouse. @fox13now #SLC #Utah


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Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 4m
Here's the #Utah State Prison's most recent mugshot of Siale Angilau. @fox13now #SLC #Utah pic.twitter.com/xhNVEtz4j2

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Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 25m
BREAKING NEWS: Siale Angilau has died at the hospital, the FBI says. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 22m
The FBI says Angilau was shot in the chest by a U.S. Marshal and died from his injuries this afternoon. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

Ben Winslow ‏@BenWinslow · 21m
The FBI says courthouse is secure and there are NO indications a weapon was secreted into the courthouse. @fox13now #SLC #Utah

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Then, according to the transcript, an unidentified voice cuts off Tenifa: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."

The transcript then notes that "the defendant attacked the witness and the trial was terminated and the jury excused."

Angilau, 25, was shot several times in the chest and died at a hospital at about 2 p.m. Monday, according to authorities.

Witnesses who were in the courtroom said it appeared Angilau was trying to punch Tenifa when the shooting began.


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57854825-78/angilau-trial-tcg-gang.html.csp
 
Courtroom attacker had long criminal history in Utah

Angilau was accused of committing several armed robberies and assaults at 7-Eleven stores throughout the valley, dating as far back as 2002, when he allegedly robbed a store and assaulted the clerk.

In late July of 2007, Angilau allegedly went one step further — by participating in a 7-Eleven robbery where one clerk was assaulted and another was shot and wounded.

The next month, he was involved in an episode where an accomplice shot at two deputy U.S. marshals, who were not injured...

...Over the next two years, Angilau was indicted two more times for alleged crimes directly related to the marshals’ shooting: in 2008 on assault and firearm charges and in 2009 on two more assault charges.

In a deal with prosecutors in May 2009, Angilau pleaded guilty to the original robbery charges and prosecutors dismissed the remaining assault and firearm counts.

One year later, prosecutors filed yet another new case with four counts related to shooting at the U.S. marshals — one count of racketeering, one count of assaulting a federal officer, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and one count of using a firearm during violent crime.


http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57845351-78/angilau-assault-federal-charges.html.csp
 
http://www.sltrib.com/home/2258970-155/utah-man-abandons-effort-to-withdraw

Vilisoni Tuino Angilau — who entered guilty pleas in connection with a 2013 gang-related murder in Salt Lake City — has abandoned efforts to withdraw those pleas.

Angilau, 22, had pleaded guilty to reduced second-degree felony charges of manslaughter and discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury in the shooting death of 19-year-old Sione Fakatoufifita...

He faces up to 15 years in prison on each count when he is sentenced May 15 by Judge Bernards-Goodman.
 

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