Still can’t figure out a motive. Was he on something? Did he hate women? Did he hate white people? Did he do it on a lark?
He was trying to shoot a sea lion.
“Oft-deported illegal alien and felon Francisco Sanchez, 45, claims he was shooting at sea lions in front of San Francisco’s tourist-crowded Embarcadero when he “accidentally” hit Steinle. “
I'm going to speculate he was drunk when the notion to shoot sea lions in front of a crowded pier suddenly became a good idea.
Not that being drunk is ever any excuse. I've been known more than a few back myself from time to time and yet the firearms always remained secured.
I imagine there is quite a bit of bitterness stored up in a great many of them.
One of those obvious details no one ever discusses and, not coincidentally, another reason to question the current preferred policy of 'come one come all'.