Teenage kidnapping victim Savannah Graziano is gunned down by cops while running towards them for help as one officer is heard pleading with deputies to 'stop shooting her' in horrific new helicopter footage
A 15-year-old was gunned down by cops as she ran toward them for help after being kidnapped by her father, all while a deputy helplessly begged for other officers to stop firing, shocking new video shows.
Savannah Graziano, 15, was killed on September 27, 2022, after her father, Anthony John Graziano, 45, had
'Stop shooting her! He's in the car! Stop! She's OK! He's in the car! ... Stop!' the deputy pleads.
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because she was wearing tactical equipment and fired back, however the footage appears to prove that she was unarmed.
In the footage, Savannah was seen following cops' instructions, crawling on her hands and knees along the 15 freeway in Hesperia, California, as a deputy takes cover by a police SUV before she is shot dead in a hail of gunfire.
The tragic video of the shooting was released Monday after journalists requested it under the California Public Records Act.
When Tracy was killed, investigators issued an AMBER Alert for the teen, and quickly responded when a civilian spotted the dad and daughter
Deputies from San Bernadino County tried to pull Anthony Graziano's truck over just before 11am when they were fired at by the father who had a semiautomatic weapon, officials with the sheriff's department said.
Authorities followed the truck for about 70 miles, as the father continued to fire at them before Graziano tried and failed to take his vehicle up an embankment. It was claimed by police at the time that Savannah may also have been firing from the vehicle.
He came to a stop on the side of the road - about 80 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
The newly released footage includes a camera from the sheriff's department helicopter and it shows Graziano attempting to go in reverse on the road as he fires again.
The 15-year-old Savannah can then be seen getting out of the car, as an officer says over the radio: 'The girl's out, the female juvie is out. She's out on the passenger side.'
She keeps a low crouch but starts moving quickly toward the officers when suddenly a gunshot rings out and the footage blurs Graziano's body.
The sheriff's department deputies were not wearing body cameras but audio was released from an officer near the girl as she was getting out.
He repeatedly yells: 'Passenger, get out! Come here! Come to me! Come, come, come... walk, walk, walk.'
Back over the radio, after the 15-year-old was shot, an officer can then be heard with a resigned 'oh, no.'
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