The bullet that killed a San Francisco woman whose death added to the national debate about illegal immigration ricocheted off the ground about 100 yards away before hitting her in the back, a retired police investigator testified Monday. Authorities returned to the popular pier four days later, after the bullet was found to be partially flattened, indicating it had ricocheted, he said. The testimony was significant because lawyers for defendant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate argue the ricochet shows the shooting was accidental. San Francisco is a sanctuary city, with local law enforcement officials barred from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. A police diver found it in San Francisco Bay the day after the shooting.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 30, 2017 21:33 UTC