to a federal agent. belonged to a federal agent and that police are trying to figure out where he got the gun and from whom. we ve also learned 3 of the 7 felony convictions that sanchez had involved heroin arrests. now to another major development today, the arraignment. translator: i am not guilty. francisco lopez sanchez with a translator standing by pleaded not guilty. bail was set at $5 million. outside the courtroom, san francisco public defender jeff adachi said the bail was set too high. mr. sanchez was only in san francisco for a very short period of time. he has no convictions in the state of california. this very well could be a completely accidental discharge of a firearm. reporter: assistant district attorney then spoke to reporters. today is about kate, it s about this incredible family that has shown such strength in this incredibly difficult time. it s about bringing justice to that family. reporter: sanchez admitted during a jail house interview s
about immigration, jana. reporter: ken, the district attorney s office says that lopez sanchez is expected to appear before a judge at 1:30 tomorrow here at the hall of justice as you mentioned this is really sparking a debate on immigration that goes not just from san francisco city hall but all the way to the white house. the victim s family says 45- year-old juan francisco lopez sanchez told investigators after the shooting that the it was an accident. that he was trying to shoot a seal. today people gathered at the site for a mourning prayer vigil. we went to give our condolences to the family and assured them our church was praying for them. reporter: today mayor lee fired back with this statement. san francisco sanctuary policy protecting residents and is not intended to protect repeat criminals. san francisco s law gives the sheriff discretion and compliance with i.c.e. requests. he was released from jail march 27th after a marijuana charge was dismissed. the a
a day care center in sycamore valley elementary has been evacuated. flames come up to the edge of the back of the playground. christina ringtone arrived to the scene. the children a college or school had to leave because of potential fire danger. that s right. you can see behind me there s the fire line here and here the swings of the playground next to the school. if you turn this way you can see this is sycamore valley elementary. this is a children s center inside they ve evacuated everyone as a precaution. if you keep going that way you can see people in the parking lot standing and looking and waiting to see what would happen. there s even kids playing baseball the stopped their game to look at firefighters at work. as far as we know the elementary school is the only building that s been evacuated. there is a neighborhood behind this area sycamore valley open space on the other side of that hill is a neighborhood and the closest street to the is called altavista way. t
it s about bringing justice to that family. francisco sanchez admitted during a jail house interview he shot kate steinly. did you shoot kate steinly? the lady on pier 14? yes. you did shoot her? sanchez says he found the gun in a tee shirt in a bench wednesday, the day of the shooting and that the gun accidentally went off. his story has many inconsistency inconsistencies. but his record has not. five five previous deportations and release from custody from ice his record ignited a national fire storm. san francisco police officer association fired off this blistering letter reading in part sanchez is an illegal alien, not an undocumented immigrant. and if he was where he belonged mexico this innocent victim would still be alive. and if the politicians in san francisco, or other cities with similar sanctuary policies do not act on this i, my fear is that this will happen again. sanchez goes back to court july 27th. vic lee abc7 news. california senator feinst
was stollen from that agent s car. a growing number of people are blaming the city s sanctuary law for putting the suspected back on the streets. that s right. one francisco lopez sanchez is being held here on $5 million bail. many people are speaking out about this case tonight. and many are saying that he should have never walked the streets of san francisco in the first place. none of it was ever intended to provide a shield from people who are dangerous. reporter: former u.s. attorney for the northern district of california says he is out raged that six-time convicted felon was free to walk the streets of san francisco. he had been deported 5 times before and investigated on drug charges but was released when the charges were dropped. san francisco s sanctuary city immigration officials were not notified that he d been released from jail. it s the confusion at the federal level that had allowed local communities to sort of be mis mischievous and, in some eyes to