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Photo of late Kate Steinle defaced in downtown Seattle

Mar 6, 2018, 12:15 PM

A photo of Kate Steinle posted in Seattle was defaced.

Steinle was fatally shot in San Francisco while walking with her father and a friend along a pier. The gun was fired by Jose Ines Garcia Zarate sitting on a park bench. He was acquitted of manslaughter charges and instead found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The shooting has become an argument amid the national immigration debate. Zarate is an illegal immigrant who has frequently entered the United States. San Francisco is a sanctuary city.

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