Kate Steinle shooting: Jury delivers not guilty verdict

Added by Debra Tash on November 30, 2017.
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SAN FRANCISCO — After nearly a week of deliberations, a jury of six men and six women found an undocumented immigrant accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Kate Steinle two years ago at San Francisco’s Pier 14 not guilty of homicide.

The jury, which includes three immigrants, weighed charges against Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 54, accused of gunning down Steinle in July 2015 while she was walking with her father in the city’s Embarcadero district. Jurors started deliberating Nov. 21 but took a break because of the Thanksgiving holiday last week.

The jury considered first-degree, second-degree, or involuntary manslaughter for Garcia Zarate, who also faces charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

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