In 1970 Davis was accused of involvement in Jonathan Jackson's courthouse shooting, in which four people (including Jackson) were killed. Several of the guns Jackson used were legally bought by Davis, and she was a known supporter of the inmates on trial. Witnesses testified that she was not present at the courthouse and that she supplied the guns for defense of the Soledad Brothers' headquarters. Facing murder, conspiracy, and kidnapping charges, Davis evaded the authorities for two months before being apprehended in October 1970, when President Richard Nixon publicly congratulated the FBI on capturing "the dangerous terrorist Angela Davis." In 1972, after spending at least 16 months in prison, Davis was exonerated of all charges by an all-white jury.