Kate Steinle's family raising $3,500 to fund grant for Challenged Athlete Foundation

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Kate Steinle's family has launched a fundraiser ahead of what would have been her 35th birthday. The family is hoping to raise $3,500 to fund a grant for a challenged athlete by December 13.

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The grant is for the Challenged Athlete Foundation which supports people with physical challenges. Steinle was shot and killed at Pier 14 in 2015.

Just last week, a San Francisco jury acquitted the man who was charged with her death.

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