Jury Deliberations Begin In Kate Steinle's Murder Trial : The Two
Garcia Zarate
San Francisco prosecutors say that  45-year old Jose Ines Garcia Zarate  a homeless man who had been deported multiple times   intentionally fired the single shot that killed the 32-year old Steinle as  she  was walking arm-in-arm with  her  father on July 1  2015.
 Defense attorneys for Garcia Zarate  say  he  has no history of violence and that the shooting was an accident.  They  argue that  Garcia Zarate  found the handgunâa .40 caliber Sig Sauerâwrapped in a cloth under  his  seat on the pier and that the gun discharged as  he  was handling it.
The defense says the single shot ricocheted off the concrete ground about 12 to 15 feet away from  Zarate  and then traveled another 78 feet or more before striking Steinle in the back. A city crime scene inspector told the jury that the defendant aimed the gun in Steinle's direction seeking to strike her.
The gun had been stolen four days earlier from the parked car of a visiting off-duty Bureau of Land Management ranger. The prosecution and defense agree that there is no evidence linking  Garcia Zarate  to that robbery.
As KQED's Alex Emslie told All Things Considered  the case hangs on whether the jury concludes that  Garcia Zarate  intentionally shot Steinle as the prosecution argued  or that it was a tragic accident  as the defense contends.
Garcia Zarate  who is reported to have no more than a second grade education  had been deported five times and was scheduled for a sixth deportation after serving a 46-month federal prison term for felony re-entry to the United States. But instead of deporting him  federal authorities transferred him to San Francisco on a warrant for a 20-year old marijuana charge. San Francisco prosecutors eventually dropped the charge because evidence in the case had been destroyed. The Sheriff's Department released  Garcia Zarate  under its sanctuary city policy that directs local law enforcement to ignore federal detainer requests. The Steinle killing happened about two-and-a-half months after  Garcia Zarate  was released.
San Francisco prosecutors say that  45-year old Jose Ines Garcia Zarate  a homeless man who had been deported multiple times   intentionally fired the single shot that killed the 32-year old Steinle as  she  was walking arm-in-arm with  her  father on July 1  2015.
  [TGT] say   [TGT]   has no history of violence and that the shooting was an accident.  They  argue that   [TGT] found the handgunâa .40 caliber Sig Sauerâwrapped in a cloth under   [TGT]   seat on the pier and that the gun discharged as   [TGT]   was handling it.
 [TGT]  says the single shot ricocheted off the concrete ground about 12 to 15 feet away from  Zarate  and then traveled another 78 feet or more before striking Steinle in the back. A city crime scene inspector told the jury that the defendant aimed the gun in Steinle's direction seeking to strike her.
The gun had been stolen four days earlier from the parked car of a visiting off-duty Bureau of Land Management ranger. The prosecution and defense agree that there is no evidence linking   [TGT] to that robbery.
As KQED's Alex Emslie told All Things Considered  the case hangs on whether the jury concludes that  Garcia Zarate  intentionally shot Steinle as the prosecution argued  or that it was a tragic accident  as  [TGT]  contends.
 [TGT] who is reported to have no more than a second grade education  had been deported five times and was scheduled for a sixth deportation after serving a 46-month federal prison term for felony re-entry to the United States. But instead of deporting him  federal authorities transferred him to San Francisco on a warrant for a 20-year old marijuana charge. San Francisco prosecutors eventually dropped the charge because evidence in the case had been destroyed. The Sheriff's Department released   [TGT] under its sanctuary city policy that directs local law enforcement to ignore federal detainer requests. The Steinle killing happened about two-and-a-half months after   [TGT] was released.