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San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department admits it killed teen hostage. Why did it take so long?

Savannah Graziano, a 15- year-old girl who was abducted by her father in September 2022, was shot and killed by San Bernardino County Sheriff’ s deputies as she followed their instructions and ran toward police on the side of a California highway, according to new video and audio footage released by authorities.

LOS ANGELES — For the first time in nearly two years, the public heard the voice of a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy plead with his fellow officers to stop shooting at a 15-year-old girl on the side of a California highway in broad daylight.

The audio was released more than 500 days after a sheriff's deputy fatally shot Savannah Graziano. The teen had been abducted the day before by her father, Anthony Graziano, who shot and killed Tracy Martinez — Savannah's mother and his estranged wife — in Fontana during a domestic dispute near Cypress Elementary School.

Both Anthony and

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