Approximately three weeks after the attempt on his own life, Sam Gianolla was arraigned on auto theft charges. One day after his arraignment Sam Gianolla led a team of shooters into the Wayne County jail house in response to the killings of his brother Tony and brother-in-law Pasqaule, opening fire on three Vitale gang members who were either being released themselves on charges or were possibly visiting an associate. In the brief, but vicious shooting, Joe Vitale, Vito Renda and Salvatore Evola were shot. Vitale and Evola were each shot once and survived. Vito Renda was hit 21 times and managed to live just long enough to break the Mafia code of "Omertà" and reveal to authorities that Sam Gianolla was one of the shooters. Gianolla was arrested and charged with Renda's murder. During the murder trial months later, it took the jury 50 minutes to find him not guilty.