An Amber Alert had been issued Monday after officials said Anthony Graziano, 45, took his daughter, Savannah Graziano, following the deadly shooting of the teen’s mother at a home in Fontana, Calif.
that Savannah Graziano was wearing tactical gear, including body armor and helmet, and was running toward deputies when she was shot on Interstate 15. The Times reports authorities would not say if she was armed, but San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said there were “indications” she “may have also been involved in some of the fire exchange” with deputies.Dicus did not specify whether Savannah Graziano was shot by the responding deputies or her father.
This undated photo provided by the Fontana, California, Police Department shows Savannah Graziano, who was killed Tuesday along with her father during a shootout with deputies. A 911 caller reported seeing the suspect’s Nissan Frontier around Barstow on Tuesday, according the sheriff’s department. Deputies located the pickup truck and chased it on the highway for around 45 miles .
Throughout the chase, Graziano — and possibly his daughter as well — was “constantly shooting back at the deputies” through the truck’s rear window, Dicus said. At least two patrol cars were hit by gunfire, disabling one of the vehicles. The pickup eventually became disabled, reports say, leading to the firefight. Dicus said the girl was wearing tactical gear as she exited a truck’s passenger side and ran toward the sheriff’s deputies. She fell to the ground amid the gunfire. The deputies did not initially realize it was the girl who was running toward them, Dicus said, because she was wearing a helmet and a military-style vest that can hold armored plates.
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