Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Killing of Kate Steinle" in English language version.
The single bullet that struck and killed Kate Steinle ... appears to have ricocheted off of the pier walkway prior to hitting her ... San Francisco police criminalist and ballistics expert Gerald Andrew Smith ... said one round had been fired from the seven cartridge magazine
...exempts the city from a nationwide program that holds people who are arrested, even on minor charges, for potential deportation.
But after a bullet that had been flattened on one side was extracted from Steinle's body, Evans and his team of crime scene investigators returned to the pier, determined through an "exhaustive search" to find the place where the bullet struck before it hit Steinle in the back. And on July 5, 2015, investigators found a chip in the concrete 12 to 15 feet from where García Zárate was believed to be sitting and about 78 feet from where Steinle fell to the ground.
Francisco Sanchez fired one shot.
The bullet that killed Kate Steinle on Pier 14 last month as she walked with her father was fired accidentally, a ballistics expert testified Thursday on behalf of the man charged with her murder. … Prosecutor Diane Garcia contends that the shot was intentional. Her firearms expert, inspector John Evans, and [defense ballistics expert James] Norris agree a divot in the mangled bullet taken from Steinle show a ricochet occurred. Evans said in court Wednesday that it was possible the gunman was aiming at Steinle.
…the bullet first struck the pier's concrete 12 to 15 feet from Garcia Zarate, then bounced and traveled 78 more feet to strike Steinle in the back as she strolled with her father.
... instruct the jury in first-degree murder as well as second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter
