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Elias Huizar *COP
Case # :133
Gender : Male
Age : 39
Race : Latinx
Date : 04/23/2024
Location : I-5
City : Near Albany
County : Floyd
State : Oregon
Agency : Oregon State Police
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Officer killed girlfriend, shot and killed
Open records summary :
Former Yakima SRO officer Elias Huizar had stabbed his ex-girlfriend and ex-wife to death and abducted his 1-year-old son in Salem. Police located him in Oregon when he made an ATM transaction and police identified his license plates as being stolen. Police escalated a chase up to speeds of 110 mph. A PIT maneuver was carried out with Huizar and the toddler in the vehicle at high speeds. The top cop from the Oregon State Police, Superintendent Casey Codding and others had joined the chase.
Police attacked the vehicle with PIT maneuvers twice and both times, Huizar was able to recover and flee again. When he stopped for the third time, he engaged in a shootout with police and ultimately committed suicide under police duress. His son was found unharmed in the backseat.
SRO Officer Huizar had also been under investigation for inappropriate relationships with minors in the past with charges of inappropriate relationships with underage girls on at least 2 occasions. His girlfriend whom he also killed was 17 years old. He had been in a relationship with her since she was in sixth grade and he was an SRO at her school, engaging in sex during school hours with her. His ex-wife had also been a minor when he initiated the relationship with her. Both girls bore him children. When the sexual assault against minors allegations became known, he was removed from the Yakima middle school and placed in yet another school, this time as substitute teacher at Franklin Middle School.
When a third 16-year-old girl made statements that she had also been molested, Huizar seemingly snapped, killed his ex-wife, his live-in underage girlfriend and fled, ultimately leading to a prolonged police chase and suicide under police duress.
