After the shooting, a group of marshals continued to hold Angilau at gunpoint near the jury box.
“The court has met with the jury and observed that most of the jury members are visibly shaken and upset by this episode,” the judge wrote, adding, “The court finds that this occurrence in the courtroom would so prejudice Mr. Angilau as to deprive him of a fair trial. The court hereby declares a mistrial.”
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Cardwell, said he was in the gallery because he was waiting to hear testimony by his mother, Sandra Keyser, who was the victim of a robbery committed by the defendant in 2002, when Angilau was 14 years old.
Cardwell said the marshal fired eight shots and the defendant fell to the floor.
“I thought, when is he going to stop shooting,” Cardwell recalled.
The officer then fired a couple more shots at the defendant after he had fallen, Cardwell said.
Cardwell said courtroom spectators were ordered to get down, and everyone got underneath the benches.
The witness who was attacked was a jail or prison inmate, by the look of his clothing, Cardwell said.
The witness was testifying about “specific details of the gang, how the gang works,” when Angilau attacked him.