Defendant In Federal Court Case Attacks Witness, Is Shot, Killed

In one of the first trials held at a new federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, Utah, a defendant was shot and killed after attacking a witness testifying against him. The defendant, allegedly a member of the Tongan Crip Gang on trial as part of a larger ongoing federal RICO case against the gang, lunged at a prison inmate in the witness box and was shot several times by a U.S. marshal. Angilau was taken to the hospital, where he later died. Before he was declared dead, the judge in his case declared a mistrial.