A preliminary investigation into the shooting death of Savannah Graziano suggests the 15-year-old was unarmed when she was killed, according to the state attorney general’s office.
“Evidence suggests that Savannah Graziano was a participant in shooting at our deputies,” the San Bernardino County sheriff said Wednesday.for Savannah. The alert was prompted after Fontana police found Graziano’s wife, Tracy Martinez, shot to death in the street near her Fontana home and the girl missing.
Law enforcement officials have since begun to look more closely at what role, if any, Savannah may have played as her father fled from authorities. Sheriff’s officials said it appears the girl may have fired at deputies during the miles-long pursuit. On Thursday, Fontana police said new video obtained by detectives from a witness to Martinez’s killing shows that Savannah was in the backseat of Graziano’s truck seconds before he got out and killed his estranged wife. Fontana Police Sgt. Christian Surgent said the eight-second clip shows Graziano in the driver’s seat arguing with Martinez, who was sitting in the passenger’s seat. Savannah is seen in the video in the backseat of the truck, behind Martinez. The video shows the couple in a heated argument, Surgent said. Seconds later, police said, Martinez gets out the truck. Graziano then steps out and shoots her several times, authorities said. The video does not show the shooting. Detectives initially thought Graziano had picked up Savannah from an unknown location after the shooting. But video obtained by detectives Wednesday from a Ring camera in the area also confirmed that Savannah was in the backseat of the truck when her mother was shot to death, Surgent said. The Fontana Police Department said it’s unclear whether the girl had gone willingly with her father after her mother’s death. Investigators said that they believe Graziano and his wife were going through a divorce and that he had moved out of their Fontana home. Savannah decided to live with her father about a month ago, Surgent said. The two had been staying at local hotels and motels, and camping at nearby parks before her mother was killed.
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