Sign up for NBC Bay Areas Housing Deconstructed newsletter. Victim killed by wrong-way driver on I-280, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), First Republic Bank seized, sold to JPMorgan Chase, Victim killed by wrong-way driver on I-280 identified as San Francisco woman, San Jose: Pedestrian killed in early morning collision, Fremont: Hit-and-run collision suspect taken into custody, Motorcyclist dies after crash on Highway 101 in San Mateo, San Jose: Officials ID woman who died following April 9 crash, Separate San Jose crashes on same day claim lives of two pedestrians. Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressed his displeasure over the verdict in a statement that claimed San Francisco's decision to release Garcia Zarate "led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle. The lone conviction for Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate was overturned Friday. Woodson-Pope was a Potrero Hill resident. Records show that on the night of Nov. 6, the San Francisco State University Police Department arrested McAlister on suspicion of auto burglary, possessing burglary tools and violating the terms of parole at the Towers at Centennial Square, a student housing complex. The lone conviction for an undocumented immigrant whose actions resulted in the shooting death of a 32-year-old woman in 2015 has been overturned by an appellate court in California. Prosecutors argued he intended to shoot and kill her. Rachel Swan is a breaking news and enterprise reporter. During jury deliberations, jury members asked the court for the definition of possession and if there was a time requirement for possession. The victim died at a nearby hospital, they added. Public File for KBCW-TV / KBCW 44 Cable 12. The officers alleged McAlister was combative and high on methamphetamine, and had to be restrained at the Mission District police station, records show. Shes particularly interested in communities and scenes that are often misunderstood. Police Cmdr. San Francisco police are investigating a theft-turned-shooting on Market Street that killed a person Thursday evening. McAlister has been on parole for the past nine months, and his term was set to end on Nov. 15, 2022. -- A San Francisco woman was recently shot and killed in a seemingly "random shooting" while she was strolling and taking photos with her father in a tourist-heavy area . A disgraceful verdict in the Kate Steinle case! On Tuesday evening, Woodson-Pope's family and friends held a candlelight vigil in her honor at the scene of the killing. She was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco on January 26, 2001. According to the fundraiser, he will have a lifetime of medical needs stemming from the crash. The woman who died in last week's home explosion and fire in San Francisco's Sunset District was identified Wednesday. The collision was reported at 1:05 a.m. in the area of Van Ness . No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration. San Jose: Pedestrian killed in early morning collision Ms. Steinles death fed into a fierce debate over how law enforcement should approach immigrants without legal status; Mr. Garcia Zarate had been deported to Mexico at least five times from 1993 to 2011, according to court documents. San Francisco police investigate the scene of a fatal hit-and-run on Second Street just north of Mission Street on Thursday. Regulators seize troubled First Republic Bank and sell all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank. Palmer and the familys dog were killed in the crash. Kathryn Steinle, 32, was shot by Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in July 2015 as she was walking on a San Francisco pier. A driver accused by police of killing two pedestrians in downtown San Francisco on New Year's Eve while intoxicated and in a stolen car is a parolee who remained free despite being arrested . The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, who was working as a private security guard during the encounter, police said. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 45, was acquitted in a case that galvanized anti-immigration forces and forced San Francisco officials to defend their "sanctuary city" policy. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Edens great love was her family, wrote GoFundMe organizer Sue Kalache. In other tweets early Friday, Trump said the man who killed Steinle had come "back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent, and yet this info was not used in court." SAN FRANCISCO (BCN/CBS SF) -- The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office on Tuesday identified a woman killed in a shooting in the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood on Sunday as 40-year-old Jeris Woodson-Pope. The parents of a woman who was fatally shot in San Francisco by an undocumented immigrant in 2015 cannot sue the city for freeing the man without telling federal immigration authorities just months before the shooting, a federal appeals court ruled this week. Updated: Apr 28, 2023 / 07:11 PM PDT. In a sworn deposition in that case, McAlister said he had three prior felony convictions, including one for robbery and another for attempted carjacking. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Before joining the Chronicle, she was an associate producer at SFGATE and interned at VICE and Flood Magazine. The streets around the crash were sealed off to traffic for hours as investigators interviewed witnesses and gathered evidence. Trump seized on the case during his presidential campaign as proof the United States needed his proposed wall along the border with Mexico, and the killing became a national flashpoint. In their preliminary investigation, police said that during the incident a theft occurred. Crashes and Disasters | But the six-man, six-woman jury did convict him of the lesser charge of felony possession of a firearm. Inside the vehicle, they found a handgun with an extended magazine and suspected drugs. Tatiana Sanchez covers immigration and civil rights for The Chronicle. The stolen Honda was seen partially on the curb and bike lane, its airbags blown. Political chaos has erupted in this Peninsula city over one issue: Housing, Steph Curry adds to his Warriors legend by lighting up Kings for 50. One of the victims died at the scene, and the second victim died after being taken to San Francisco General Hospital, police said. The San Francisco district attorney's office is weighing its next steps, according to The Associated Press. In the past seven months, at least seven older Asian residents have been brutally attacked in San Francisco, a city with . is the city's financial engine and it is sputtering. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for San Francisco identified the victim as 51-year-old Rita Price, a resident of the city. Editor's note: This story was updated to accurately represent the victim's name. The issue before the court was whether the city and its taxpayers can be held liable under these circumstances for the actions of a former inmate. He had finished a federal prison sentence for illegal re-entry into the United States and was transferred in March 2015 to San Francisco's jail to face a 20-year-old charge for selling marijuana. Garcia Zarate, who also used the name Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, had been deported five times before the deadly encounter. The spokesperson did not respond to a question about whether Anthony was working as a security guard for the Walgreens store. As of Friday afternoon, about 24 hours since the fundraiser was posted, more than $80,000 has been raised. Marins arraignment hearing was scheduled Thursday but was continued to May 11. Defense attorneys maintained that Garcia Zarates history of deportations and drug offenses were nonviolent crimes. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. I am disappointed and angry at the not guilty verdict for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an illegal alien who had several felony convictions & was deported from the US five times. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement had asked the sheriffs department to hold Mr. Zarate, but he was released in April 2015 without notification to ICE, according to Tuesdays appellate court decision. Parolee Troy Ramon McAlister, 45, has been accused of killing two pedestrians. Ms. Steinle was fatally shot in July 2015. Chynna Brown, a 24-year-old San . San Francisco, then and now, was put on the defensive for limiting police cooperation with federal immigration authorities. 28-Year-Old Woman Killed in Bayview Was in 'Wrong Place at the Wrong Time,' Family Says. Steinle was walking with her family on Pier 14 on July 1, 2015, when she was hit by a bullet that had ricocheted off a concrete wall, hitting her in the back. Troy Ramon McAlister, a 45-year-old city resident who was released on April 10 from a state prison sentence for robbery, was not charged with new crimes by the District Attorneys Office after any of last years arrests, the most recent of which occurred on Dec. 20. Woman killed, man injured in Oakland shootings - The Mercury News Woman Killed In Hit-and-Run Crash Near San Francisco City Hall Illegal immigrant cleared in Kate Steinle death gets time served for A California man is forced to live in a country hes never known, Warriors lean into championship DNA, beat Kings behind sublime Curry, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). The murder trial started Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, for Garcia Zarate, a Mexican man who set off a national immigration debate after he shot and killed Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier on July 1, 2015. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821 or the tip line at (510) 238-7950. But three months before the deadly encounter on the pier, Garcia Zarate was released after the district attorney dropped the marijuana charge despite a request by federal immigration authorities to detain him for yet another deportation. Court documents show McAlister was arrested in July 2015 on suspicion of robbing a San Francisco store with a gun. A spokesperson for Walgreens said the company was thinking of the victim and their family during this difficult timeand cooperating with local authorities.