they took legal action against those they believe should be held accountable for their daughter s death. first, the sheriff who released francisco lopez sanchez, an illegal imkbrant charged with shooting steinle. who in their right mind would let a seven-year felon, undocumented violent felon, loose on the streets where you people are now standing? reporter: the sheriff had ordered his deputies not to notify i.c.e. on possible deportation detainees except rare situations. an order that made himself the king, judge and jury and somebody who directly violated federal law. reporter: the second claim against i.c.e., the agency that enforces immigration laws. the family claims the agency knew about the policies and yet did nothing to retrieve sanchez. the third target in the federal action, the federal bureau of land management. the gun sanchez used, similar to this one, was stolen from a parked car of a blm agent. if that weapon wasn t there, if it was secured properly,
department. reporter: a search of criminal court records turned up one prior arrest for matthew farris. in 2007 when farris was 18 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. there were no prior arrest records for lubrin or rodriguez, but a source familiar with the investigation tells abc 7 news that an inmate currently in the hospital has accused rodriguez and another correctional deputy, not currently facing charges, in a different incident involving excessive force. the source says the inmate is being treated at valley medical for a broken jaw. attorney paula canne is representing tyree s family. she thanks sheriff smith on behalf of the family for acting swiftly and reminded everyone that michael was someone s brother and son. michael tyree, even though he was an inmate in a jail, is a person of value. reporter: social justice advocates say inmates have complained about santa clara county correctional deputies before. the differences now
against the san francisco sheriff s department for its role in her murder exactly two months ago now. good evening and thank you for joining us. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. new developments following our exclusive report here on abc 7 news last night. the family of kate steinle took legal action today against officials they believe could have prevented her murder. late today as abc 7 news reporter vic lee was about to go live at 5:00 with his report, kate s mother, brother and father revisited the scene where she was shot to death july 1st. vic is live with more information on legal action that they took today. vic. reporter: well, dan, the legal action that the steinle family took today was to send a message that things have to change to prevent something like this from happening to other families. now, they say they have received a lot of expressions of sympathy, but that no one has taken responsibility or accountability for kate s murder. late this afternoon, th