San Francisco Sheriff's Department says there needs to be court order
or warrant to give undocumented immigrants to ICE
Kate Steinle, 31, was killed in a random shooting Wednesday at a
tourist spot in San Francisco
Her accused killer, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, had seven prior
felony convictions
Kate Steinle
San Francisco (CNN)— Kate Steinle was walking on a busy pier in San
Francisco with her father when there was a single popping sound in the
air.
She fell to the ground, struck by a bullet, the victim of what police say
appears to be a random killing.
The man accused of firing the deadly shot -- 45-year-old Juan
Francisco Lopez-Sanchez -- is an undocumented immigrant, a repeat
felon who has been deported five times to Mexico, according to
immigration officials.
It would have been six, a federal law enforcement source told CNN,
except authorities in San Francisco wanted him on a drug-related
warrant.
So U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which had Lopez-
Sanchez in its custody in March after his release from federal prison,
turned him over to San Francisco deputies. ICE said they requested an
immigration detainer, asking that the agency be notified before Lopez-
Sanchez was released.
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