Shooting At Federal Courthouse SLC

Shooting at Federal Courthouse

SALT LAKE CITY – One person is reportedly injured in a shooting at the new federal courthouse building at 400 South West Temple Monday morning.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the incident may be related to the trial of alleged gang member Siale Angilau, whose hearing was to be the last in a series of cases involving the Tongan Crip gang.

U.S. Marshals and officers from the Salt Lake City police department responded, and the building was reportedly placed on lock down.


 
Press conference after the shooting

 


 


 

Friday afternoon, authorities announced the suspect in the shooting, Siale Angilau, died at the hospital.


 

The FBI released a statement about the incident Monday afternoon:

At approximately 9:25 a.m., during a federal criminal trial, the defendant rushed a witness on the witness stand in an aggressive, threatening manner. A deputy U.S. marshal engaged and shot the defendant. The defendant was struck in the chest and subsequently transported to a local hospital where he died in the early afternoon. No other individuals were harmed in the altercation. The courthouse was secured, and indications are that no weapons were secreted into the courthouse.

Siale Angilau was the final defendant in a series of cases being prosecuted by the United States government in federal court against members and associates of the Tongan Crip gang. Several defendants were tried in a case that ended in 2011. Eric Kamahele, the lead defendant in the case, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. The jury was picked Friday, and the trial against Mr. Angilau began this morning in federal court.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the lead agency on this investigation in cooperation with the United States Marshals Service, Salt Lake City Police Department, and United States Attorney’s Office.

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