SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The defense attorney for a Mexican man accused of gunning down a woman on a San Francisco pier says prosecutors have not presented any evidence to support what he calls a “wild narrative” that he wanted to hurt someone.

Closing arguments were underway Monday in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is accused of murder in the death of Kate Steinle in July 2015.

The case touched off a fierce national immigration debate because San Francisco officials had released Garcia Zarate under the city’s sanctuary city policy.

Defense attorney Matt Gonzalez says video evidence shows an unusual amount of activity in the area where Garcia was an hour before the shooting.

Garcia Zarate claims the gun he had found fired accidentally, killing Steinle.

A prosecutor in the trial of a Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier tells jurors that Jose Ines Garcia Zarate brought a gun to the pier and chose to shoot it toward people.

San Francisco Deputy District Attorney Diana Garcia said in her closing arguments that Garcia Zarate was playing his own secret game of “Russian roulette.”

She urged jurors to look at the evidence and said that was the only scenario that makes sense.

She says the defense’s argument that Garcia Zarate accidentally shot a gun he didn’t know was a firearm was implausible.

The shooting of Kate Steinle in 2015 set off a national debate on immigration policy. San Francisco officials had released Garcia Zarate because of the city’s sanctuary city policy.

Jurors in the trial of a Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier in a case that touched off a national immigration debate will be prohibited from viewing social media while they deliberate.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Samuel Feng also reminded the six-woman, six-man jury on Monday that they cannot read newspapers.

The jurors have been hearing the case of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate.

He is accused of killing Kate Steinle in 2015 after city officials released him from custody under San Francisco’s “sanctuary city” policy.

Garcia Zarate does not deny the shooting but his attorney argues the gun went off accidentally. Prosecutors say he purposely pulled the trigger.

The jury is expected to get the case later Monday after lawyers make their closing arguments.

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Jose Garcia Zarate, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kate Steinle.

Garcia Zarate is accused of shooting and killing Steinle on San Francisco’s Pier 14 in 2015.

Jose Garcia Zarate had been deported five times and was wanted for a sixth deportation when Kate Steinle was fatally shot in the back while walking with her father on the pier. Garcia Zarate did not deny shooting Steinle but said it was an accident.

The shooting happened during the presidential campaign in July 2015 and touched off a fierce debate over the country’s immigration policies.

Garcia Zarate said he found the stolen gun wrapped in a shirt under a chair on a pedestrian pier and that the weapon accidentally fired when he picked it up. The bullet ricocheted on the pier’s concrete walkway before it struck Steinle.

His attorneys say the ricochet showed the shooting was an accident.

Prosecutors argue Garcia Zarate may have been a poor marksman, but he still pointed the gun at Steinle and purposely pulled the trigger. Much of the testimony during the trial has focused on ballistics experts.

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