that is what i m talking about. baby. call and upgrade to get x1 today. an apparent random killing on a crowded san francisco pier is throwing new fuel on a fiery controversy dominating the republican race for the white house. it s also keeping the spotlight on donald trump. under fire from his rivals for his remarks about mexican immigrants. our cnn sarah sidner has more from san francisco. kate steinle, the lady who was down on pier 14? yes. reporter: in a jailhouse interview, undocumented immigrant juan francisco lopez sanchez, admitted he killed a woman on a san francisco pier. you did shoot her?
him in mexico. others are blaming friseing san francisco. dan simon is out front. did you shoot kate steinle, the lady down on pier 14? yes. reporter: this is francisco sanchez confessing to firing the gun that killed 32-year-old kate steinle, walking along this popular san francisco pier with her father steinle was killed last week after a bullet pierced her chest. you could feel she was fighting grasping for every breath. reporter: no words were exchanged between sanchez and his daughter. authorities called it a random act of violence. i have a solace i was with her. but i also have the grief of the thought of the moment she was shot. reporter: why the killer was even in the u.s. to fire the fatal round is now subject of a fierce debate. sanchez is an undocumented immigrant and is a seven time convicted felon who had been
immigration reform. the suspect, a mexican national is a convicted felon who has confessed. abc s@aditi roy with the latest here. reporter: a stunning development in the murder of 32-year-old kate steinle in san francisco. in a jailhouse interview, the suspect, francisco sanchez telling our affiliate kgo he is behind steinle s death. he wasn t targeting steinle. did you shoot kate steinle, the lady down on pier 14? yes. reporter: sanchez saying he came to san francisco because he knew it was a sanctuary city where he wouldn t be pursued by federal immigration officials. now questions about why the alleged shooter, a convicted felon and undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times was even on the streets. federal immigration officials turned the suspect over to the local sheriff back in march when they discovered he had an outstanding warrant here for drug charges, requesting notification prior to his release so they could take him
happy birthday to your marriage. how many years? 13 years. no wonder you are blocking it. i can barely count of course i can remember. i hope he s not. next hour it s going to be different. next hour it s my anniversary. that s right. welcome to fox & friends. it was thursday night, jim and katie steinle, father and his daughter were walking along pier 14 in san francisco and out of nowhere, seemingly at random she was gunned down. as it turns out, the guy with the gun, that man right there, an illegal ie lee yen by the name of francisco sanchez. he initially said that he found this gun after he ate some sleeping pills he found in a dumpster and he was shooting at sea lions. it makes total sense.
south carolina naacp. there is another big debate under way in this country, that s the debate over illegal immigration. and here is the headline. an undocumented mexican immigrant confessed to a reporter he shot and killed a 31-year-old woman on a busy san francisco pier. we come to find out the suspect had been deported from the u.s. not once not twice, but five times and as dan simon tells us there is anger that this repeat flan was recently released from jail and back on to the streets. did you shoot kate steinle, the lady down on pier 14? yes. reporter: confessing to homicide 45-year-old francisco sanchez is behind bars in california this morning but he shouldn t be in the united states at all. sanchez is an undocumented immigrant and repeat felon. the victim is 31-year-old kate steinle, killed with a single gunshot to the chest at a popular san francisco pier last wednesday. she was fighting gasping for every breath. kate s father who was with