SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/SFGate) -- An alleged gang member charged with killing a father and his two sons on a street in San Francisco last month was apparently shielded from immigration authorities from previous encounters with the law.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Edwin Ramos, 21, was found guilty of two felonies when he was a juvenile: an assault on a Muni passenger and the attempted robbery of a pregnant woman.
KCBS’ Henry Mulak reports
San Francisco's Juvenile Probation Department never alerted federal immigration authorities because it was the agency's policy not to consider immigration status when deciding how to deal with an offender.
Nathan Ballard, a spokesperson for Mayor Gavin Newsom, said that as soon as the Mayor discovered the city’s policy, he immediately reversed it.
“As soon as the mayor found out that the juvenile probation department was not turning over undocumented immigrants, he changed that policy. That was in mid-May.”
The native of El Salvador is now being held on three counts of murder for last month's fatal shooting of Tony Bologna, 48, and his two sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, after a traffic dispute.
Police said they were shot when the father was driving home from a family picnic and appears to have briefly blocked Ramos from completing a left turn down a narrow street.
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