Ex-school cop Elias Huizar shot himself in head while on run with 1-year-old son after allegedly gunning down ex-wife, teen girlfriend
Published April 23, 2024, 9:09 p.m. ET
The ex-Washington school cop who allegedly slaughtered his ex-wife and underage girlfriend before taking the teenager’s infant on the run has been found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said.
Oregon State Troopers found Elias Huizar’s wounded body following a police chase near Eugene around 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to the West Richland Police Department.
He was taken to the hospital in unknown condition. The 1-year-old child he kidnapped was taken into custody by the troopers.
Elias Huizar allegedly killed his ex-wife and teenage girlfriend before taking his 1-year-old son on the run.
Huizar, 39, went on the run just 24 hours earlier after allegedly shooting ex-wife Amber Rodriguez eight times outside the elementary school where she worked.
The former couple’s 9-year-old son told officers that “he observed his father, Elias Huizar, shoot his mother,” according to a probable cause statement.
While looking for the maniac, they found the body of his underage girlfriend — identified by relatives as Angelica Santos — in his home located just minutes from the school.
Her grieving family realized Angelica, 17, and Huizar’s 1-year-old lovechild, Roman Santos, was missing and assumed the ex-cop abducted the infant.
Amber Rodriguez was shot eight times outside the elementary school where she worked.
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According to court filings earlier this year, Huizar met the girl while he was working as a school resource officer at Washington Middle School in Yakima.
She was 11 when they met, and 15 when he impregnated her, Rodriguez wrote in her request for a protection order against Huizar.
Huizar left the Yakima Police Department in 2021 “after receiving discipline,” the department said Tuesday without providing additional information.
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