Illegal immigrant found not guilty of murdering Kate Steinle

Published December 1, 2017 1:53am ET



A jury found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of murdering Kate Steinle, who was shot in 2015 on a San Francisco pier, but did find him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Zarate is an illegal immigrant from Mexico and had been deported several times and has faced convictions for entering the U.S. again after being deported. After Zarate was acquitted, U.S. immigration officials say he will be deported for the sixth time.

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