Murder Charge Upheld Against Man Accused in Fatal Pier 14 Shooting

Undocumented immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez remains in custody and still faces a second-degree murder charge after San Francisco Superior Court Judge James P. Collins refused to dismiss the charge earlier this month, according to a report by Mercury News.

The Mercury News reported that Lopez-Sanchez' attorneys made the motion to dismiss the charge against Lopez-Sanchez, claiming their client had been detained for hours before police officials questioned him. Read the full Mercury News report here.

Former Pleasanton resident Kate Steinle was fatally shot on July 1, 2015, while walking with family members on Pier 14 in broad daylight. The gun used in the shooting belonged to a Bureau of Land Management ranger who had it stolen from his car in San Francisco. Within an hour of the shooting, police arrested Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times and has seven prior felony convictions.

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