 Tim Connolly was shot in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood in an apparent assassination attempt in November 1994.Two weeks later, entering the Federal Courthouse on crutches, he provided crucial testimony to a grand jury that resulted in the racketeering indictments against Bulger and Flemmi.Connolly entered the Witness Protection Program in December 1994 but is rumored to have been "kicked out" within two years.