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
Deported because of the recidivist nature of his activities. Thats a loophole that needs to be fixed. He says fixing the system will require significant reforms up to the federal level. Well have more at 6 00. Authorities tracked the gun used in the shooting on pier 14 to a federal agency and now they figured out who it belonged to and how it ended up in the hands of an alleged killer. That part of the story from economics 5s. Reporter we now know where it came from that was used to kill 32yearold kate steinle. That handgun belonged to a federal agent a ranger. The gun was the rangers official firearm begin to him by the agency. The gun was stolen and the defendant says he found the gun and fired it accidentally. He is currently charged with murder. The San Francisco Police Department would not release any further details about the car breakin saying only that it was now part of their larger murder investigation. A spokesman for the bureau of Land Management says they were saddened by
And in the Federal Reserve building behind me there are more than 80 Law Enforcement officers across california who came to learn from the best. Experts like one man who said he lost his daughter years ago, but is still struggling with that pain and is hoping to help other parents with that same experience. Victims that are children you get a little emotional with it, so its hard to detach yourself from the work. Reporter thats why San Joaquin County Sheriffs Department Brandon Swaim drove three hours to help with experts on missing and exploited children. Experts like craig, whos leading the course he says time is the biggest enemy. If you look at recent cases, the children abducted have been brutally murdered within an hour and a half or even less. Reporter thats why extra training on how to respond immediately and with what resources is so critical. Know what to do and not ask what to do. Because what theyre going to run into is chaos. Reporter baltimore sheriff says this is more th
Too hot. Low 90s toward brentwood. Upper 80s in concord and 60s remain at the coast. Developing news out of chattanooga. The total number of victims in thursdays shooting is five. The navy issued a statement confirming a sailor shot died early this morning. The Navy Statement did not give the sailors name. He was identified earlier as Navy Petty Officer second class randal smith, who was serving on active duty in chattanooga. He was in Critical Condition since the shooting. Throughout the state of tennessee, flags will be flown half staff to honor those five victims. Authorities say kuwaitborn Muhammed Yousef abdulazeez went on a shooting spree. He was shot to death by police. The fbi has not detailed a motive, but the attacks are under investigation as a potential act of terrorism. A fire erupted yesterday in Southern California, but an infuriating question were efforts to fight those flames from the air delayed by the interference of amateur Drone Operators . Lets take a look at vide
Were praying for the recovery of vicky gardener. Sometimes, the pressures of life will get to you. Reporter earlier, virgel barker says hes known him since he was a baby and saw no signs of what he would do. Very quiet. Educated. I never seen it coming. Reporter parker grew up in this house, attending skyline high school. A school mate told us he was a popular, out going student, named to the Home Coming Court in 1989. Chris dobb was senior class president when flanagan was a junior. That is unbelievable. He was hapy person, our prom king. And at the time everybody loved him. Reporter after graduating from skyline, he went to San Francisco state and then to kpix. Most recently, working under the name Bryce Williams in roanoke, virginia. Tragedy. Just sad. Sad. I mean, i saw the brief video clips of it. And what happened is just mind blowing. Now, flanagans father lives here in vallejo. Vester flanagan senior played for the Green Bay Packers under vince lombardi. He lives here and a sis