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This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate. Garcia-Zarate, acquitted of murder in the 2015 fatal shooting of a woman on a San Francisco pier that became a national flashpoint over immigration pleaded guilty Monday, March 14, 2022, to federal gun charges. Garcia-Zarate entered his plea nearly seven years after shooting Kate Steinle on July 1, 2015, while she walked on a crowded pier. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Illegal immigrant in Kate Steinle sanctuary city killing pleads guilty to weapons charges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, a homeless undocumented Mexican immigrant who was acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015. Garcia-Zarate was found incompetent to stand trial Friday, Feb. 20, 2020, on federal gun charges. U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria said in a court order that a psychiatric evaluator had concluded Garcia-Zarate was not competent to stand trial “because of mental illness that is not presently being treated.&quot; (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Man declared incompetent in San Francisco pier killing case

Associated Press

FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant who was acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015. A federal judge is delaying a trial on gun possession charges against the Mexican national who was acquitted in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier in a case that became a national immigration flashpoint, saying he has questions about the man's mental competency. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Gun case delayed for man cleared of San Francisco pier death

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant who was acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015. A California state appeals court has thrown out the sole conviction against Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate who fatally shot a woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Kate Steinle case: Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing

By Juliet Williams - Associated Press

This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant who was acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015. A California state appeals court has thrown out the sole conviction against Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate who fatally shot a woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

The Latest: Defense relieved by pier-killing reversal

Associated Press

In this July 17, 2015, photo, flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle remain at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco. A federal appeals court refused to reinstate a lawsuit the parents of Kate Steinle filed against San Francisco for refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities seeking to deport a man later charged with killing Steinle. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled Monday, March 25, 2019, that the city's non-cooperation policy with federal immigration officials broke no federal, state or local laws. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

Court: San Francisco can’t be sued over immigrant shooting

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2015, file photo, flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle remain at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Kate Steinle’s parents can’t sue San Francisco, 9th Circuit Court rules

By Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2015, photo, flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle remain at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco. Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate, a Mexican national who touched off a fierce immigration debate for his role in the shooting death of Steinle, is seeking to overturn his felony illegal gun possession conviction, the only charge he was found guilty of after a jury acquitted him of murder. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

San Francisco pier shooter seeks dismissal of gun charge

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, for his arraignment in San Francisco. Attorneys for Zarate, acquitted of murder in a shooting that helped fuel the U.S. immigration debate, are seeking a court order for documents to help them argue that his U.S. gun charges are vindictive. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate fights felony gun charge in Kate Steinle killing

By Paul Elias - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant who was acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015. A hearing is scheduled Tuesday, May 8, 2018, to determine if Garcia-Zarate and his lawyers can argue to a jury that his federal gun charges represent double jeopardy and/or vindictive prosecution. A state court jury convicted him of illegal gun possession when it acquitted him of murdering Kate Steinle. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Judge skeptical that San Francisco gun charge is vindictive

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press