During the 2016 campaign, President Trump exploited the Kate Steinle shooting as a vehicle to rail against illegal immigrants and promote his border wall. A jury today decided her death was an accident. The defense claimed Garcia Zarate merely picked up a shirt he found lying on a bench, and a gun wrapped in the shirt went off. Ballistics evidence showing the bullet that hit Steinle ricocheted off the pavement supported his story. The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict.
Photos: Zarate, Steinle