Man accused of supplying guns to 'shot caller' of street gang

SALT LAKE CITY — A man arrested in connection with a long-term investigation into a criminal street gang in Utah is now facing more charges for allegedly supplying the gang's "shot caller" with guns.Vincente Castro, 23, of West Valley City, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with selling a gun to a restricted person, a first-degree felony; and four counts of attempting to sell a gun to a restricted person, a second-degree felony.Castro already faces more than a dozen weapons and drug-related charges in another case filed in July.According to charging documents, detectives from the Metro Gang Unit, Unified police and Sandy police "have been conducting a long-term investigation" into a particular group "in relation to various gang-related crimes in Salt Lake County." Four people have been charged in that investigation, including Lauriano Robert Herrera, 31, of West Valley City, whom investigators call the "shot caller" within his gang and faces a charge of attempted murder in connection with a gang-related shooting in Kearns in March.According to charging documents, "detectives have been actively involved with a Title III wiretap investigation" into the same gang allegedly involved in the shooting in Kearns.

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