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15-Year-Old Kidnapping Victim Fatally Shot by Police

April 8, 2024
Newly released video footage shows that 15-year-old Savannah Graziano, who was kidnapped by her father, was fatally shot by police.
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Fifteen year-old Savannah Graziano was shot and killed by San Bernardino police after surrendering to them, new footage shows. San Bernardino’s Sheriff’s Department released video and audio footage this week that shows the “critical...
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New video footage shows that 15 year old Savannah Graciano was shot
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and killed by San Bernardino.
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Police after surrendering to them amid her kidnapping,
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Savannah was abducted by her father,
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Anthony Graziano in September 2022.
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After he allegedly killed her mother,
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police tracked down the father's truck and they got into a car
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chase. The sheriff said that someone in the truck was shooting
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back at the deputies.
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A shootout began and Savannah got out of the truck in the
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audio. An officer tells her passenger get out,
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come here and come to me.
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She stepped towards the police car obeying their commands and was shot
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to death. An officer yelled,
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stop shooting her, he's in the car,
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stop. Her father was also killed.
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Police suggested that Savannah possibly shot at them and she and said
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she was unrecognizable because she was wearing a helmet and tactical gear
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But in the video,
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it seems like she was just wearing regular clothes.
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The California Justice Department is investigating the shooting