Teen girl, fugitive father killed in shootout with police in California
A 15-year-old girl and her fugitive father who abducted her were killed in a highway shootout with police in California on Tuesday, officials said. Savannah Graziano was running toward San Bernardino County sheriffs in tactical gear on Interstate 15 in Hesperia as the officers shot at her father, Anthony John Graziano, who was wanted for the murder of Savannah’s mother.
Police did not say if the shots that killed the girl were fired by the officers or her father in the morning shootout. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said Savannah might be responsible for some of the fired shots. “There may be some indications that the passenger of the vehicle which we believe is Savannah may have been involved in some of the fire exchange,” Dicus said at a press conference, calling the case “highly complex.” “There may be some information that the passenger was involved in firing back at the deputies and we’re still trying to confirm that at this point.”Savannah Graziano was killed as she ran toward police in tactical gear.City of Fontana Police Department via APCity of Fontana Police Department via AP Police said it will take “at least 24 hours” for new information to emerge due to the wide area where bullets were fired. Graziano had been on the run since Monday morning after he allegedly killed his wife, Tracy Martinez, with multiple gunshots in Fontana, California.