Good grief, could this flippin’ preventable murder get any more bizarre? First we learn Kate Steinle was randomly shot by an illegal alien. Then we learn ICE had requested notification of his release, which the Sheriff’s Department ignored. Then the illegal alien claimed he shot Ms. Steinle accidentally while trying to shoot a sea lion (a position he has since modified). Now it comes out the gun he used actually belonged to a “federal agent”.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — KRON 4 has learned that the gun used to kill a 32-year-old woman on San Francisco’s Pier 14 belonged to a federal agent.
A Sig Sauer pistol was used in the fatal shooting, a source told KRON 4. The gun was recovered last Thursday in the bay by a police dive team. The source described the weapon as being an expensive, high-end, common police gun.
Another source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN’s Sara Sidner that the gun belonged to a federal agent.
Sanchez is accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Kate Steinle at the Pier 14 dock along the Embarcadero. He has been formally charged with murder.
Steinle was with her father and a family friend at the time of the shooting. Steinle was shot in the upper torso. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where she died.
Sanchez told a San Francisco news crews during a jailhouse interview that he found a gun wrapped inside a shirt and when he picked it up, he heard three shots go off. (read more)
UPDATE: SF Pier 14 shooting suspect allegedly used federal agent's gun. @vicleeabc7 reports: http://t.co/d8StJp8qBC pic.twitter.com/m0v78FyQrV
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) July 8, 2015
San Francisco pier shooting suspect Francisco Sanchez allegedly used federal agent's gun, sources say http://t.co/ZRvd9m0fyw
— ABC News (@ABC) July 8, 2015
JUST IN: The gun used in a San Francisco shooting belonged to a federal agent, sources say.
MORE: http://t.co/LYbzSbqfNO— NBC4 Columbus (@nbc4i) July 8, 2015
Source with knowledge of investigation says Gun used by illegal immigrant in #SF killing on #Pier14 belonged to a federal agent. Whoa.
— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) July 8, 2015