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A teenager from 40 years that had been kidnapped died this Tuesday due to injuries caused by the confrontation that her fugitive father had with bailiffs San Bernardino County Expressway 15 in the Hesperia area.
Savannah Graziano was in a pickup truck with her father, Anthony John Graziano, of 40 years old, wanted for shooting the mother of the teenager this Monday morning in the city of Fontana.
At a conference of In the press, the San Bernardino County Sheriff said Tuesday afternoon that Savannah was wearing tactical gear and a helmet as she ran toward deputies as the incident unfolded. shooting.
The adolescent was injured by the shots and was taken to a hospital, but died shortly before noon .
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Authorities They did not specify if the young woman was hit by bullets fired by her father or by the agents who responded to the attack .
Anthony John Graziano was found dead in the driver’s seat of the truck. Man allegedly shot his wife to death in a domestic violence incident Monday in the city of Fontana.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert after Graziano fled with her daughter, Savannah, in a white Nissan Frontier 2017 with California plates. The fugitive was described as dangerous and possibly armed.
On Tuesday morning, authorities received a call from a person who said he had seen a vehicle matching the Amber Alert description traveling south on the Expressway 15 in the Barstow area.
Agents located the van and kept up a chase for about 45 miles.
The Sheriff said that, during the chase, Graziano, and possibly also his daughter, constantly fired shots at the officers through the rear window of the van.
Graziano’s shots disabled a patrol that was chasing him and went through the windshield of another unit on several occasions.
Finally, the bailiffs managed to stop the fugitive’s truck on the side of the highway in the area of the city of Herperia and the shooting took place.
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Dicus mentioned that the teenager got out of the truck on the passenger side and ran towards the marshals, but fell in the middle of the gunfire .
Initially, the officers they did not realize that it was the teenager who was running towards them because she was wearing a helmet and a military-style vest.
A rifle was reportedly the only weapon found in the truck with Graziano, but investigators It is believed that the young woman may have also fired shots.
During the exchange of fire, an officer was injured.
The search for Anthony John Graziano began Monday after his wife, Tracy Martinez, was shot to death near Cypress Elementary School in Fontana.
Authorities issued an Amber Alert because it was thought young Savannah Graziano might be with her runaway father . The wing was deactivated after the confrontation on the Highway 06.
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