Newly launched video exhibits the second an unarmed teenage woman was fatally shot by police in Hesperia, California, after she had allegedly been kidnapped by her dad.
Savannah Graziano, 15, watched her father, Anthony, shoot and kill her mom—his estranged spouse—exterior a college on Sept. 26, 2022, after which the 45-year-old reportedly kidnapped the woman and went on the run. An Amber Alert was issued, and cops tasked with rescuing Savannah noticed Graziano’s truck the next day.
After a high-speed chase lasting some 70 miles, San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies boxed within the automobile on an embankment off a freeway in Hesperia, roughly 80 miles east of Los Angeles. Photographs had been fired on the pursuing deputies from contained in the truck, a few of which authorities claimed had come from the passenger facet, the place Savannah was sitting.
In video footage launched by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division pursuant to a data request, officers may be heard saying that bullets are flying and telling others to “take your cowl.”
“Photographs are fired, pictures are fired,” one says over the radio.
Savannah is then ordered out of the truck by police, and she or he is seen within the video rising on the freeway shoulder. She was reportedly carrying tactical gear, although her particular apparel will not be clearly seen within the footage.
“Passenger, get out!” one of many cops is heard yelling. “Passenger get out! Get out! Get out! Get out! Passenger, get out! Get out!”
“She’s out,” an officer may be heard saying over the radio. “She’s out on the passenger facet.”
“Come right here! Come right here! Come to me! Come to me!” one other officer instructs Savannah. “Come, come, come, come! Stroll, stroll, stroll, stroll!”
As Savannah begins strolling towards police, she is struck down by gunfire. The deputy who was shouting at her to stroll in direction of him now begins to yell at his fellow officers: “Cease! Cease capturing her! He’s within the automotive! Cease! She’s OK! He’s within the automotive! Cease!”
“Oh, no,” the police dispatcher may be heard saying.
Savannah was taken to the hospital, the place she was pronounced useless. Her father was shot and killed on the scene. Deputies mentioned they recovered quite a few weapons, a whole lot of rounds of ammo, flash bangs, smoke grenades, tactical helmets, and physique armor from Graziano’s truck.
Savannah’s uncle told The Guardian that his niece “didn’t need to die.”
“There must be higher coaching in order that unarmed folks aren’t killed,” CJ Wyatt instructed the outlet. “Hopefully this video can be utilized for coaching—one thing must be performed in a different way.”
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