The disgraced policeman who is on the run with his son after allegedly gunning down his ex-wife and teenage girlfriend was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his car Tuesday afternoon after a 24-hour manhunt.
Elias Huizar, 39, allegedly killed his ex-wife Amber Rodriguez at William Wiley Elementary School on Monday afternoon during dismissal, according to Washington State Police.
Police searching for Huizar found a second victim, his girlfriend, dead in his home, which is on the same block as West Richland School.
Huizar was found in his car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head around 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday afternoon, according to the West Richland Police Department.
Her 1-year-old son with the teenager, Roman, was found safe and well. A Washington State Police spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Amber Alert has been canceled.
Elias Huizar, 39, allegedly killed his ex-wife Amber Rodriguez at William Wiley Elementary School on Monday afternoon during dismissal, according to Washington State Police. Huizar was found in his car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Tuesday afternoon.
Oregon State Police located his vehicle driving south on Interstate 5 near Eugene and began a chase.
It ended with a state police officer reporting that Huizar had shot himself in the head. His current condition is unknown.
They noted that their son had been safely detained in their custody.
Huizar allegedly killed his ex-wife Amber Rodriguez at William Wiley Elementary School on Monday afternoon during dismissal, according to Washington State Police.
Police searching for Huizar found a second victim, his girlfriend Angelica ‘Jelly’ Santos, 17, dead in her home, which is on the same block as the school.
Huizar, a former Yakima police officer, shared Roman with Santos, who was 15 when she became pregnant, according to police.
The former school police officer was due in court Monday to face child rape charges; He is accused of raping his underage girlfriend and his 16-year-old friend.
In February, Huizar pleaded not guilty to rape charges. Days before the two murders, Rodríguez had requested a new custody agreement for his two children.
Police believe Amber Marie Rodriguez was shot and killed by her ex-husband outside the elementary school where she works Monday afternoon.
Police searching for Huizar found a second victim, his girlfriend Angelica ‘Jelly’ Santos, 17, dead in her home, which is on the same block as the school.
Rodríguez worked at the school where she was murdered, according to the Washington State Police. In addition, Rodríguez also worked as a real estate agent.
At first, Santos’ family seemed to believe she had been kidnapped along with her son and asked people on Facebook for help finding them.
However, hours later the family confirmed that Santos had been murdered.
Her brother Damien Santos wrote: “It breaks my heart to write this, but unfortunately my sister passed away at a young age from November 17, 2006 to April 22, 2024.”
The former school police officer was due to appear in court accused of raping a drunk 16-year-old girl and her 17-year-old girlfriend, whom he is believed to have impregnated when she was 15, according to multiple reports.
Police did not confirm whether Huizar’s girlfriend, accused of raping and impregnating, is the girlfriend found dead in his home or if she had started a new relationship.
Huizar and Rodríguez divorced in 2020 and share two children. Following the rape charges, Rodriguez filed to modify her custody agreement and had requested a protective order because he believed he was a threat to her and her children.
Rodriguez claimed Huizar has been harassing her since the divorce and says he was mentally and emotionally unstable. He also owns guns, she said.
Rodriguez worked at the school where she was killed, according to Washington State Police. In addition, Rodríguez also worked as a real estate agent.
Angélica’s brother Damien Santos wrote: “It breaks my heart to write this, but unfortunately my sister passed away at a young age from November 17, 2006 to April 22, 2024.”
It was unclear what the outcome of the case was; A hearing had been set for May 14.
Family and friends have started a Gofundme for both of them. Rodriguez and Saints.
Huizar served with the police department from 2014 to 2022 and was assigned as a school resource officer at Washington High School in Yakima. It was unclear where he worked after he left the department.
On February 3, he was arrested after his 17-year-old girlfriend reported him for the attack on her 16-year-old friend who was spending the night at his home in West Richland.
Huizar and his underage girlfriend have a baby who was nine months old when he appeared in court in February, according to the Herald of the three cities.
The Tri-City Herald reported that Huizar obtained a protective order against his teenage girlfriend in 2019 after she told her friends they were in a relationship and the friends reported him to the school principal.
The girl denied this and claimed that her account had been hacked when social media posts about the alleged relationship were revealed.
‘A criminal investigation was initiated by the Attorney General’s Office and the case was found to be unfounded,’ Huizar wrote in his request for a protective order.
“(She) was then expelled from school.”
The petition claimed that the girl had contacted Huizar’s then-wife, downloaded photos from the couple’s Facebook pages and taken “numerous” surreptitious photographs of Huizar.
Yakima County Judge Gayle Harthcock approved the protective order that prevented the girl from coming within 500 feet of him or his family for a year.
The girl claims in court documents that Huizar contacted her in 2022 when she was 15 years old and they began a relationship.
Their son was born in April of last year and the couple began living together in the West Richland home when she was 17. Her legal age of consent in Washington is 16, although police have been investigating whether he slept with her before that.
In the most recent alleged rape, the 17-year-old girlfriend had gone to sleep in a spare room with her 16-year-old friend, who was feeling unwell after the three spent the night drinking at the house on February 3. registration of judicial documents.
She then woke up to find Huizar attacking her drunk friend before leaving the room “as if nothing had happened,” when she confronted him, according to the Herald of the three cities.
Huizar was charged with second-degree rape, providing alcohol to minors and third-degree rape for his relationship with the 17-year-old.
His bond was set at $200,000, but he has since been released from jail on the condition that he not contact any of the teens or consume alcohol.
The opening date of his trial was set for Monday, according to a local NBC station.
DailyMail.com has contacted Huizar’s defense attorney for comment.
The Richland, Washington, school district sent an alert to parents confirming the shooting at William Wiley Elementary School early Monday.
The shooting occurred at 3:23 p.m. local time during the departure. No one else at the school was injured in the shooting.
One resident said he heard four to five gunshots while in his backyard Monday afternoon.
‘I thought it was someone hitting something with a hammer. It didn’t look like a weapon. “Then a woman came flying here before the police got there and she started screaming that someone had been shot,” Chris Worley told the Herald of the three cities.
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