Posted on 09/29/2022 10:52:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A Southern California man suspected of killing his estranged wife and abducting their 15-year-old daughter had been living with the teenager out of his pickup truck and hotels for weeks before the violence, authorities said Wednesday.
Anthony John Graziano and his daughter, Savannah Graziano, were killed Tuesday in a shootout with law enforcement on a highway in the high desert east of Los Angeles after a 45-mile (72-kilometer) chase. Shots were fired at the officers from the pickup truck as it was being chased.
Once it came to a stop, the girl, wearing a tactical helmet and vest, got out and ran toward deputies amid a hail of gunfire, police said, Authorities are investigating whether she was shot by deputies or her father, or both.
Police have said the only weapon retrieved at the scene was a rifle in the truck, where Anthony Graziano died. There is police video of the shootout that authorities are reviewing.
Police issued an Amber Alert after Martinez’s killing, saying Savannah Graziano had been abducted by her father. Now, detectives are trying to determine whether or not she was forced into leaving Fontana.
“Did she go willingly?” Surgent said. “Or was she actually abducted? We haven’t been able to prove that just yet.”
Law enforcement located the pickup truck and chased it on the highway to Hesperia. Throughout the pursuit, Graziano was “constantly shooting back at the deputies” with a rifle through the truck’s rear window, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said Tuesday during a news conference.
Dicus said there were “some indications” Savannah was shooting at deputies during the chase but didn’t provide any details.
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“Police have said the only weapon retrieved at the scene was a rifle in the truck”
So they shot and killed an unarmed young girl.
California can be bad for your health.
A bailiff in Joshua Tree once warned me about the region’s “Night Crawlers,” but the Mojave’s salt of the earth simply think of themselves as “Desert Rats”.
Imagine that. Anything to deflect from the fact they killed an unarmed young lady trying to get to the cops for protection.
Was the daughter shooting?
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Check hands for gunpowder residue.
It seems to have been a very confused situation.
I recall when Hesperia and Apple Valley areas were great places to live. Nowadays crime is rampant. The cops around there will tell ya they’ve never seen anything like it.
Those who haven't been on a police force in Honduras, anyway.
Bull Sh*t
She was fleeing from her father and deputies were shooting at anything in their line of sight. But they will plant guns and anti woke material on her to justify their shooting her. God rest her soul
So they shot and killed an unarmed young girl.
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it’s a good thing she did not have a dog with her
If you had not shot her.
I recall when Hesperia and Apple Valley were nothing more than a name. I think like 4 people lived there.
Yes, I’m old.
Body Cam footage could shed some light on the situation.
Yep, at one time the region attracted folks like Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Last time I was in the Adelanto area, every other person on the street appeared to be parolee or escapee.
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