A 15-year-old girl, and her father, who is believed to have kidnapped her, and was also a fugitive wanted in connection to the murder of the girl’s mother, were both killed in a shootout with police on Tuesday on a desert highway in California, according to authorities.

The Associated Press  reported that the fugitive, Anthony John Graziano, had allegedly murdered his wife the previous day and then kidnapped his daughter, Savannah Graziano.

The police issued an Amber Alert after Graziano killed his wife and abducted Savannah. The alert described him as armed and dangerous.

Someone called 911 and reported seeing a Nissan Frontier car in Barstow. Police quickly located the vehicle, and they began a pursuit of the vehicle for about 45 miles. Not long after the chase started, Graziani started firing multiple shots at the police car from his vehicle’s rear window. Shannon Dicus, the San Bernardino County Sheriff, said Graziano’s daughter might have also been shooting back at the deputies.

The shooter(s) fired several rounds of ammunition, and some of the bullets went through a patrol car’s windshield and incapacitated the vehicle.

The fugitive’s car became incapacitated in Hesperia, about 34 miles from Fontana and the fatal gunfight followed.

According to Sheriff Dicus, Savannah was in tactical gear as she got out of the Nissan’s passenger side, started running toward the deputies, and fell in the middle of the firefight. Because she was wearing a helmet and what looked like a military vest that could hold armored plates, the sheriff’s deputies did not at first recognize that it was a 15-year-old girl running toward them.

Savannah was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Deputies found Graziano in the driver’s seat, also in tactical gear, and pronounced him dead at the scene. They also found a rifle in the car.

Sheriff Dicus said that only one of the officers in the shootout was injured by shrapnel.

Anthony Graziano, 45, allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife, Tracy Martinez, 45, on Monday in what the police believe was a domestic violence incident. According to Chris Surgent, a Fontana Police Sergeant, the fatal incident happened in the City of Fontana.

The Fontana Police Department issued a statement saying a person called them to the scene at around 7:30 on Monday morning. When officers responded to the call, they found a female with multiple gunshot wounds at her home. Doctors at a local hospital pronounced her dead shortly after she was transported there.

The Fontana Police Department’s statement also issued an Amber Alert for the suspect who they believed had kidnapped his daughter. They released photos of Anthony Graziano, his daughter Savannah Graziano and his Nissan Frontier.

The officers investigating the murder of Tracy Martinez spoke to several family members who informed them that Anthony and Martinez had been going through a bitter divorce. Sadly, the death of the three people brings a bitter end to an entire family.