The man acquitted in a high-profile
shooting at San Francisco’s Pier 14
will be deported to Mexico in the next week.
Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate faced charges in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle.
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Steinle was shot and killed while walking along Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father.
Garcia-Zarate, an undocumented migrant, was eventually
acquitted of murder and manslaughter
in 2017.
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However, he was found guilty on gun charges and now faces deportation, according the
.
The killing sparked fierce debate over
San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy
at the time.