Illegal immigrant jose zarate is charged with seconddegree murder in her death. The handgun that used belong to the bureau of Land Management ranger who reported it stolen from his car one week before kate steinle was shot. Deputy District Attorney diana garcia said the handgun would not go off accidentally as a defense has claimed. Theres going to be a baseline question that the jury is going to answer. The question is, whether the defendant intended to fire that can. We have a charge against him of murder. That is what we believe the evidence is going to show. We are talking about a gun with history of accidental discharges. It does not have a safety on it. It is marketed that way. This case set off a nationwide debate over sanctuary cities since jose zarate has been released from a San Francisco jail even though federal immigration authorities wanted him to stay in custody. He had been deported five times previously. However the judge in this case has barred any mention of the polit
Kate steinle and said she is dead because of jose zarate pointing the gun at her and pulling the trigger. She said he put the gun in a bag and walked away. Jose zarate was arrested one hour later. Immigration wanted to deport him but the San Francisco arabs office desk the San Francisco office and weeks later that happened. When its all summed up and said and done there is going to be a baseline question that the jury is going to answer. The question is, whether the defendant intended to fire that can. We have a charge of murder. That is what we believe the evidence will show. Reporter the gun was stolen earlier out of the car. It belonged to arranger of the federal bureau of land management. The defense argued that jose zarate didnt steal the gun but found it on the peer and that it discharged accidentally and that he never intended to harm anyone. We are talking about a gun with a history of accidental discharge. It does not have a safety on it. It is marketed that way. Reporter now,