SAN FRANCISCO — A federal agency is prohibiting a ranger from testifying about his stolen gun used to kill Kate Steinle, a young Northern California woman whose death reignited the national immigration debate.
Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, 54, admits fatally shooting Steinle while she walked with her father on a San Francisco pier crowded with tourists on July 1, 2015, but has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. He said the shooting was accidental.