Where did the gun come from . They have questions about where the murder suspect Francisco Sanchez got the weapon. Police say he used it to kill kate steinley. But sources tell abc7 news the semiautomatic was stolen from the carve a federal agent. We ask a former fbi agent how that could happen. I think it is a burglary. If it was someone in custody that somehow got a gun out of there, it is not a good situation. Sanchez pled not gill tooy in spanish. The charge was murder with a gun enhancement. Sanchez has no violent criminal record. It could be a completely accidental discharge of a firearm. Assistant d. A. Says murder charges are justified. Did you shoot kate steinley, the lady down on pier14 . Yes. Sanchez told me in a jail house interview that he found the gun on pier14 wrapped in a tshirt and it accidentally fired three times when he picked it up. The story has many inconsistencies, but five deportations are a fact. Including his release from the San Francisco sheriff custody in
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. As the suspect in the pier murder faces a judge tonight, bomb shell new information about who owned the gun used to kill this young bay area woman. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Im allen martin. Ken bastida has the night off. Andria borba is outside the jail with new information fortous night. Andria . Reporter ever since kate steinle was murdered a week ago, we learned a lot of information about illegal immigration and the sanctuary policy in San Francisco. It looks like the chain of events leading to her death includes the citys most common street crime. There are a lot of questions being raised by our investigation. Where did the gun come from . Reporter tonight, we know. Sources confirmed that the gun used to kill kate steinle on pier 14 belonged to a federal agent. We can confirm that mr. Sanchez did not know kate steinle and he had no reason to want her to be harmed in any way. Reporter the 40 caliber handgun was recover
Accident. We can confirm that mr. Sanchez did not know cate caugiran and he had no reason to want her to be harmed in any way. Reporter now, sanchezs story has changed along the way. We initially heard he said he was using that gun to shoot sea lions at the pier. We also know that of course he is an illegal immigrant and this whole case is reigniting the sanctuary city debate in San Francisco. I dont the supervisors have anything to say about that yet. They all seem to be laying low. Is there any word from mayor lees office on the sanctuary issue . Reporter yeah, everybody has been choosing their words very carefully on this but we did hear from the Mayors Office that they are reaching out to the feds to figure out a way to cooperate with i. C. E. And still stay true to the citys sanctuary city status. Francisco sanchez had been deported five times. The feds wanted to make it six but San Francisco refused to hand him over or continue holding him. Now city supervisors are in the hot sea
The gun wrapped in a shirt in the tshirt and went off in his hands. He pled not guilty. His lawyer says it was an accident. We can confirm that mr. Sanchez did not know kate steinle and he had no reason to want her to be harmed in any way. Reporter now, sanchezs story has changed along the way. Originally he said he was using a gun to shoot sea lions. This will reignite the debate over whether or not San Francisco should be a sanctuary. The murder of kate steinle has provoked a dispute about who is at fault for letting an illegal immigrant felon go fruit. Chef Ross Mirkarimi said it isnt his fault. He says federal immigration officials messed up by not obtaining a warrant to keep sanchez in custody. Our allen martin talked yesterday with a former head of i. C. E. About that. Sheriff mirkarimi clearly laid the blame right at the door of i. C. E. He said that the city and the county really had no choice. In fact, heres what he had to say. Well, i think i. C. E. Needs to take an account t
Reporter this is Francisco Sanchez walking again. He walked into the wrong without handcuffs on and shackles on his ankles. He did have a chance later as the fed before and pleaded not guilty. Between the attorneys it was the discussion over the bill amount. His public defender argue that sanchez has never committed a Violent Crime in his path and argued that it appeared that the shooting was accidental. It was at this time in court today that we learned and he wished that she was shot in the back. The chip attorneys that it appears that she was shot just one time. Bill with that as 5 billion british beer a lot of talk this afternoon from the defense about this being an accidental shooting crit reporter you have a victim but with no entrance he had no witness or alleged that there was some kind of crime going on at the time of the shooting. Any kind of an assault on an individual person 3 it. Reporter a chance will be back in court just over two weeks as for the family they were not in