Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on July 7, 2015.The gun Garcia-Zarate shot belonged to a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger who reported that the gun was stolen from his car in San Francisco.
Despite the overturned conviction, Garcia-Zarate will remain in jail on related federal charges.
"We pray that the U.S. Attorney's Office is successful in prosecuting Garcia-Zarate and that this menace will no longer be able to terrorize our streets,” the police association said.
The San Francisco Police Officers Association blasted the court's decision, saying this is “another episode" of San Francisco judges caring more about criminals than victims.
"This is yet another disgusting injustice perpetrated by a broken criminal justice system that is more intent on re-harming the victims of crime and their families than holding violent offenders accountable,” a statement from the police association read.
The San Francisco district attorney's office is weighing its next steps, according to The Associated Press.
The Steinle family did not immediately respond when asked for comment by ABC News.
Kaynak:Abcnews