just a matter of hours later, they reach a verdict. a lot of anticipation here. you can see the media milling around behind me. most members of the press and media are inside the hall of justice on the second floor by department 13 where this trial took place. they have the microphones set up for when the defense attorneys and a spokesperson for the prosecution come by and give their statements. we want to hear from matt gonzales. he is the chief public defender. he defended jose zarate. by many accounts he did a masterful job. we will see what the jury decided and how they felt about matt gonzalez s job p. having sat through this trial, he did a very good job. on the prosecution diana garcia was the assistant district
prosecution had to prove brandishing of a weapon in a rude, angry or threatening manner and criminal negligence which would be he knew hehad a gun and handled it in a way that was dangerous to others. the jury rejected that having heard the evidence. i do not mean to compare mr. garcia zarate to our president donald trump. i have the utmost respect for the president of the united states. i am just saying before you start tweeting or commenting on this outcome, just reflect on the fact that all of us get these protections. we have a right to a jury. we get these burden of proof. we have to respect that a jury that spent this time, on this case got it right. the jurors asked to see the gun. say came back with the verdict a
hours, we are told that the jury reached a verdict just about 2 hours ago. we will find out what that verdict is any minute. no cameras allowed in the courtroom, but we have a producer inside. as soon as the verdict is read, she will pass it along to all of us. this case was never a who done it? . the defend 45-year-old jose zarate admited to police that he handled the gun, a 40 caliber pistol that killed kate steinle who was walking with her father on the san francisco pier in july of 2015. what the jury had to decide was whether that was an act of order or a tragic and freak accident. there were no eyewitness. zarate didn t know steinle and there was no evidence he intended to shoot her. the fatal bullet ricochetted off the ground before striking
heinous crime and change the life of this family forever. the family is now in the process of gathering. they get ready to hear the verdict in a story that has become the center of their lives since that happened in july of 2015. jose zarate confessed to firing the shot that killed kate steinle, but he says it was an accident. tonight we will find out whether the prosecution or the defense made the better case with this jury. do they believe that shot was fired intentionally and he was looking for someone to kill and picked kate? or the gun went off and this was a crime that maybe amounts to involuntary manslaughter? the family wants closer and finality for this heinous crime. fox news claudia is live waiting for this verdict. after deliberating for 30