Ex-Cop Suspected of Killing Ex-Wife, As Girlfriend Dies From Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound

Ex-Cop Suspected of Killing Ex-Wife, As Girlfriend Dies From Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound
According to Oregon State Police, ex-cop suspected of killing ex-wife, as girlfriend, dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A former police officer suspected of killing his ex-wife and girlfriend died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, officials said Tuesday night. The child he was accused of abducting was “uninjured” and taken “safely” into custody, according to police.
Oregon State Police Captain Kyle Kennedy said the suspect, Elias Huizar, led Troopers on a chase after a failed traffic stop on I-5 in Eugene around 2:40 p.m. PT.
The suspect and officers exchanged gunfire, he said. No troopers were injured in the incident, according to Kennedy.
The suspect continued on, colliding with a commercial vehicle and spinning into the median. According to authorities, Huizar then shot himself on Tuesday night.
The abducted 1-year-old child, Roman Santos, previously identified by authorities as Roman Huizar, was taken “uninjured” and “safely” into custody by OSP troopers, according to police.
Police searched for the suspect all day Tuesday and charged him with first-degree premeditated murder for allegedly shooting and killing his ex-wife, Amber Rodriguez, 31, outside Wiley Elementary School on Monday afternoon, according to officials.
Authorities say Huizar shot and killed Rodriguez during school dismissal while waiting behind a portable area where he knew she would be.
Hours later, police said they discovered another homicide victim, “a known associate of the suspect,” while serving a search warrant at Huizar’s home. In the amber alert for the missing child, authorities stated that Huizar was also suspected of killing his girlfriend.
The Amber Alert was issued on Monday in response to the alleged abduction of a one-year-old child. It was canceled late on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday morning, police said Huizar may have been seen overnight in Portland, Oregon, driving a black sedan. Just before 1 a.m., a clerk at a city convenience store called 911 to report that Huizar had stopped to buy a drink and had a child in the backseat, according to Portland police.
An official confirmed that Huizar previously worked as a substitute teacher for the Richland School District from November 2021 to June 2023.
Huizar worked as a police officer in Yakima, Washington, between June 2013 and February 2022, according to the department. He resigned “immediately following discipline,” a department spokesperson told ABC News. The department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the circumstances surrounding the discipline.
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