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Katie Steinle was murdered in a random shooting in San Francisco on July 1, 2015.

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1 Jul, 2015

Katie Steinle killed age 31

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Steinle, a medical device sales person, is walking on a busy pier in San Francisco with her father when there is a single popping sound in the air. She falls to the ground, struck by a bullet in the upper body. Mother:

She just kept saying, ‘Dad, help me, help me’.

She is taken to San Francisco General Hospital. Her heart stops twice on the way to the hospital. She dies during surgery.

She fought for her life. They said how strong she was but they just couldn’t save her.