Grass over there. At this point they have ashmore in custody, next order of business is question him, figure out motive, what made him shoot so many places and injure so many people . Abc7 news. Abc7 news app sent out out t alert. You can john load the app for those alerts as they happen. Trial is under way in San Francisco for a man whose case set off National Immigration debate. Accused of shooting kate kate steinle. Had been deported several times. Prosecutors showed the jury the gun used. Baseline question that the jury is going to answer, whether the defendant intended to fire that gun. We have a charge against him of murder. Thats what we believe the evidence is going to show. Accusing him of something he doesnt even though took place. Hes not interested in admitting that he was there, but eventually he does and talks and tells them what happened, which was an accident. Defense attorneys claim the gun went off accidentally. Both sides say the bullet ricochetted to hit steinle. We
Illegal immigrant jose zarate is charged with seconddegree murder in her death. The handgun that used belong to the bureau of Land Management ranger who reported it stolen from his car one week before kate steinle was shot. Deputy District Attorney diana garcia said the handgun would not go off accidentally as a defense has claimed. Theres going to be a baseline question that the jury is going to answer. The question is, whether the defendant intended to fire that can. We have a charge against him of murder. That is what we believe the evidence is going to show. We are talking about a gun with history of accidental discharges. It does not have a safety on it. It is marketed that way. This case set off a nationwide debate over sanctuary cities since jose zarate has been released from a San Francisco jail even though federal immigration authorities wanted him to stay in custody. He had been deported five times previously. However the judge in this case has barred any mention of the polit
No one saw him shoot the gun, prosecution argued he had with with him and fired in direction of steinle, bullet ricochetted and struck the 32yearold in the back. Seconds later he threw the gun in the bay. Prosecution argued to get rid of the evidence while defense said he wanted the gun to stop firing. He was homeless, quickly walked away. Found near the pier. Police gathered gunshot residue to prove he was gunman. Theres no evidence proving that he had stolen the gun, his attorney told the jury his client had picked up. 40 handgun under the chair where he was sitting, under a cloth. Didnt know he was handling a firearm when it went off. Talking about a gun with history of accidental discharges. No safety on it. Its marketed that way. They make a model with safety, this is not the one. Reporter first on the stand was steinles father, Holding Back Tears describing the confusion around him when holding his daughter. Steinle died later in the hospital. Park ranger whose gun was stolen is
Kate steinle and said she is dead because of jose zarate pointing the gun at her and pulling the trigger. She said he put the gun in a bag and walked away. Jose zarate was arrested one hour later. Immigration wanted to deport him but the San Francisco arabs office desk the San Francisco office and weeks later that happened. When its all summed up and said and done there is going to be a baseline question that the jury is going to answer. The question is, whether the defendant intended to fire that can. We have a charge of murder. That is what we believe the evidence will show. Reporter the gun was stolen earlier out of the car. It belonged to arranger of the federal bureau of land management. The defense argued that jose zarate didnt steal the gun but found it on the peer and that it discharged accidentally and that he never intended to harm anyone. We are talking about a gun with a history of accidental discharge. It does not have a safety on it. It is marketed that way. Reporter now,
Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. Air canada 781 go around. New at 11 00, confusion at sfo. Air canada explains what went wrong as a flight approached a runway sunday night. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim. If this sounds familiar, air canada was involved in yet another incident back at sfo in july. Katie marzullo is live at the airport to explain what happened this time. Reporter dan, dion, the faa told us tonight unlike in july, this was not a close call. This plane did not almost hit another plane. Still an aviation analyst told us authorities need to figure out how this happened and keep it from happening again. On sunday nuth, an air canada flight from montd re all received permission to land at sfoment then air Traffic Control made a change, believing another plane might be in the way. Controllers repeated the instructions five times and without a response, a supervisor used a flashing red light to alert the crew to go around. The air canada jet lande