Chilling New Video: US Police In California Shoot Teenage Woman They Had been Despatched to Rescue

Newly launched helicopter footage reveals a tragic incident on a busy freeway within the US state of California, the place police fatally shot a kidnapped teenage lady they had been trying to rescue. In September 2022, Savannah Graziano, 15, was gunned down as one deputy known as her away from her gun-toting father, who had killed her mom a day earlier and kidnapped his daughter.

The episode unfolded when officers in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, started chasing the car Anthony Graziano was driving with Savannah within the passenger seat. Footage filmed by a California Freeway Patrol helicopter and launched on Friday exhibits the pickup truck racing alongside at upwards of 175 kilometers an hour, with a number of pictures fired at officers from inside Graziano’s car.

The chase ended after Graziano went the improper method up a freeway entrance ramp and got here to a halt on scrubland, surrounded by police autos. Footage launched Friday exhibits Savannah getting out of the automobile and strolling in direction of an officer, who could be heard on one other recording calling her over. Radio visitors apparently from the helicopter warns officers that Savannah is there.

‘The lady’s out. The lady’s out’

“The lady’s out. The lady’s out. Alright, lady’s out, guys. The feminine… is out. She’s out on the passenger facet,” a male voice says. The footage exhibits Savannah crouching on the bottom for a number of seconds earlier than getting up and strolling in direction of a bunch of law enforcement officials. An obvious gunshot is heard on the video and Savannah is then blurred out because the voice on the radio says “Oh no.”

Audio captured by a microphone worn by an officer on the bottom data him calling Savannah over. “Come to me! Come, come, come… stroll, stroll, stroll,” he says, as heavy gunfire rings out. “Hey! Cease! Cease capturing her,” he tells his colleagues. “He’s within the automobile!” A lot of pictures could be heard after this utterance. The narration on the video, which was launched by San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner, describes this second.

“You may hear him calling her over and telling different deputies that the one who exited the truck was the passenger and for them to cease firing, nevertheless it was too late.” {The teenager} was declared useless in a neighborhood hospital. Her father was pronounced useless on the scene. A number of weapons and objects of physique armor had been discovered within the pickup, together with a whole bunch of rounds of ammunition, police stated. The names of officers concerned haven’t been launched. The incident is being investigated by California’s Division of Justice (DOJ).

‘Enable DOJ probe’

San Bernardino Sheriff Shannon Dicus stated Tuesday his division had been clear within the aftermath of the incident. “My hope is that this video shall be watched in its entirety and supply perception into the unlucky occasions that unfolded that day,” he stated. “I’d ask the general public to permit the DOJ to finish its impartial investigation earlier than reaching a conclusion.”

The video was launched simply weeks after deputies from the identical sheriff’s division shot useless a 15-year-old autistic boy who was having a psychological well being episode. Each incidents have highlighted police use of drive. Violent encounters involving the general public and police will not be unusual in the US. A tally by the Washington Publish newspaper exhibits greater than 1,100 folks have been shot useless by officers nationwide within the final 12 months.

(With company inputs)