steinle in the back at a disance of 90 feet. the defense argued it was an unintentional discharge. zarate claims he found the loaded gun wrapped in a t-shirt and it just went off. the prosecutor said guns don t just go off and that zarate bought it hidden in his clothes to play russian roulette. zarate is charged with felon in possession of a fire arm. if zarate is acquitted, he will be turned over to u.s. marshals and deported to mexico. if he is convicted, everyone is back here in a few weeks for a sentencing hearing. we will hear victim impact statements from kate steinle s parents and others who will talk about the loss of this beautiful young woman just 32 years old. we may hear from supporters of
it s a huge part which is why the steinle family is suing the bureau of land management because the agent left his car open and the gun was missing. it s unclear where zarate stole the weapon from the car. he claims he found it wrapped in cloth inside a dumpster and he was walking, the gun suddenly went off and the bullet he was not aiming at it and it ricochetted and hit kate steinle. it s important when you look at the whole scheme that claudia talked, and how the defense laid this out. you look at the makeup of the jury. you have 6 men and 6 women. 3 of the jurors are immigrants. when the defense is laying this whole scenario out, that s playing into the scope of where he is trying to lead this jury. a lot of talk. they deliberated for the better
the reality is we have 300 million guns in our society. 4 or 50 accidental shootings every day. somebody dies every day. this is just a tragedy. what happened. do you think there was one key piece of evidence in your presentation that swayed the jury one way or the other? the ricochet or the grainy surveillance video? i think the physical evidence. once you are talking about the ricochet and the length that had has to travel before it hits miss steinle in the back. zarate had no history of violence and didn t know her. didn t have a bad interaction with it. it pointed to this result. people will say he should not have been in this country and he should have been convicted at least of involuntary manslaughter? there are so many other people what could have picked
okay. found not guilty on murder charges. the rest of the charges are coming. involteuntary manslaughter is one of the charges. we have to get through all of them. the early indication is not guilty in the murder of kate steinle. this is an illegal immigrant. he was guilty in the possession of the fire arm. as we just talked about. the jury asked to see that weapon before they made this decision. this is what we know so far. he s been found not guilty in the murder of kate steinle which i think is fair to say is a shocking verdict! given the fact that we know he had the gun. we know the bullet came from his gun and we know that bullet killed kate steinle. jose zarate not guilty in the
quickly. gentlemen, stay with us. i want to go out to california with more background. kate steinle s death sparked a national outrage. a fierce debate over sanctuary cities. trace gallagher is in los angeles with the back story as we wait for the verdict. trace? just to jump into the debate, kate steinle s family has filed a lawsuit against the city of san francisco and the bureau of land management and immigration and customs enforcement. it s important when you are talking about how this man got out to give a tick tock of what happened after the shooting. an hour after the shooting, police arrested the man who was then known as juan lopez sanchez. his real name is jose zarate. he claimed he found the handgun in a dumpster and it went off accidentally and he tossed it into the san francisco bay.