San Francisco Pier Shooting Suspect Francisco Sanchez Allegedly Used Federal Agent’s Gun
July 7th, 2015Claim: Weapon Stolen from BLM Ranger’s Car
Via: San Jose Mercury News:
A Bureau of Land Management ranger’s service pistol was stolen from a car four days before police said a Mexican national and five-time deportee used it to shoot and kill Kathryn Steinle on a San Francisco pier.
But it isn’t clear how he got the gun, and police aren’t saying whether he was involved in the theft.
The agency-issued handgun was stolen from a car June 27 while the agent was in downtown San Francisco on official government travel, said Dana Wilson, a spokeswoman for the federal agency that administers 15.2 million acres of public land in California. The agent immediately reported the theft to San Francisco police, she said.
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Via: ABC:
The man accused of killing a young woman on a tourist-heavy San Francisco pier in a crime that has sparked a debate about illegal immigration used a gun belonging to a federal agent, according to sources.
Further details about the gun, including which agency it belonged to, were not immediately available.
At his arraignment Tuesday, a lawyer for the suspect, Francisco Sanchez, said that he meant the victim no harm.
Sanchez, 45, pleaded not guilty to murder and was held on $5 million bail, according to court records. He has been charged with one count of murder with enhancements for the use of a firearm, according to court records.
Earlier this week, Sanchez told ABC station KGO-TV in a jailhouse interview that he started wandering on Pier 14 Wednesday after taking sleeping pills he found in a dumpster. He said he then picked up a gun that he found and it went off.
