Police are on the hunt for an ex-cop who allegedly shot dead his girlfriend and teacher ex-wife at a Washington elementary school before abducting a one-year-old.
Elias Huizar, 39, has been labeled as 'armed and dangerous' and police say he may commit more crimes as he tries to flee to Mexico.
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, dead in his home, which is on the same block as the West Richland school.
Police issued an AMBER alert for him and his one-year-old son Roman who was abducted. He was last seen in a 2009 silver Toyota Corolla with a Washington license plate of #CBZ4745.
The former school cop was due in court Monday to face child rape charges; he is accused of raping his underaged girlfriend and her 16-year-old friend.
Elias Huizar, 39, has been labeled as 'armed and dangerous' as police have connected him to the murder of his ex-wife and girlfriend
Police issued an AMBER alert for Huizar and his one-year-old son Roman on Monday night
Huizar is on the run after the Monday afternoon shooting just outside of William Wiley Elementary School, where his ex-wife was shot and killed
Authorities confirmed that a dead body had been found at Huizar's home as they were conducting a search. Police said he also killed his girlfriend
He is believed to have impregnated the 17-year-old when she was 15, according to multiple reports.
Police did not confirm if the girlfriend Huizar is accused of raping and impregnating is the girlfriend who was found dead in his home or if he had moved on to a new relationship.
Huizar and Rodriguez divorced in 2020 and share two children. Following the rape charges, Rodriguez filed to modify their custody agreement and had requested a protection order, because she believed he was a threat to her and their 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.
It was unclear what the result of the case was, a hearing had been set for May 14.
Huizar served with the police department between 2014 and 2022 and was assigned to be a school resource officer at Washington Middle School in Yakima. It was not clear where he was employed after he'd 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 staying overnight at their home in West Richland.
Huizar and his underage girlfriend have a baby who was nine months old at the time of his February court appearance, according to the Tri-City Herald.
Huizar served with the police department between 2014 and 2022 and was assigned to be a school resource officer at Washington Middle School in Yakima
Police said they are searching for Huizar, who fled the scene in a 2009 Toyota Corolla with the license plate CBZ4745. They believe him to be armed and dangerous and may commit more crimes
Huizar is a former school cop accused of raping a drunk 16-year-old and his 17-year-old girlfriend whom he impregnated when she was 15
The Tri-City Herald reported that Huizar secured a protection order against his teenage girlfriend in 2019 after she told friends they were in a relationship and the friends reported it to the school principal.
The girl denied it and claimed her account had been hacked when social media posts about the alleged relationship were revealed.
'A criminal investigation was completed by the Attorney General's Office and the case was unfounded,' Huizar wrote in his petition for the protection order.
'(She) was then expelled from school.'
The petition claimed the girl had contacted Huizar's then wife, downloaded photos from the couple's Facebook pages, and taken 'numerous' covert photos of Huizar.
Yakima County Judge Gayle Harthcock approved the protection order that prevented the girl from coming within 500 feet of him or his family for a year.
The girl claims in the court documents that Huizar contacted her in 2022 when she was 15 and they began a relationship.
Their child was born in April last year, and the pair began living together in the West Richland home when she was 17. The age of consent law in Washington is 16 years old, though police have been investigating whether he slept with her before that.
On February 3, Huizar was arrested after his 17-year-old girlfriend reported him for the attack on her 16-year-old friend who was staying overnight at their home in West Richland
Huizar and his underage girlfriend have a nine-month-old baby
Huizar's child was born in April last year, and the pair began living together in the West Richland home when she was 17. He has two children with his ex-wife, who divorced him in 2020
In the most recent alleged rape, the 17-year-old girlfriend had gone to sleep in a spare room next to her 16-year-old friend who was feeling sick after all three had spent the evening drinking at the home on February 3, court documents record.
She then woke to find Huizar attacking her drunken friend before he left the room 'like nothing had happened', when she confronted him, according to the Tri-City Herald.
Huizar was charged with second-degree rape, furnishing alcohol for minors, and third-degree rape over his relationship with the 17-year-old.
His bail was set at $200,000 but he has since bonded out of jail with stipulations that he doesn't contact either of the teens or consume any alcohol.
The opening date of his trial was set for Monday, according to a local NBC station.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Huizar's defense attorney for comment.
The school district in Richland, Washington, sent out an alert to parents that confirmed the shooting at William Wiley Elementary earlier Monday.
The shooting occurred at 3:23pm local time during dismissal. Nobody else at the school was injured in the shooting there.
Huizar has been charged with second-degree rape, furnishing alcohol for minors, and third-degree rape over his relationship with the 17-year-old
A shooting at an elementary school in Washington state during dismissal has put the school on lockdown
Richland Police confirmed in a Facebook post they were headed to the scene Monday afternoon
A 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 sound like a gun. Then a woman came flying out here before the cops even got here and started screaming that someone was shot ,' Chris Worley told the Tri-City Herald.
The school district sent an alert to parents, adding that any students still on campus were sent into a secure area, even those who were getting set to depart on the school bus.
'Students and staff at our schools have been moved inside the buildings and place into a critical lockdown.'
'If students were loaded on buses but still at the school, they were moved into the school building. We will update you once we have more information.'
Richland Police confirmed in a Facebook post immediately after the shooting that officers were headed to the scene.
'There is an active incident in the area of William Wiley Elementary and South Highlands Blvd,' they wrote.
The school district sent an alert to parents, adding that any students still on campus were sent into a secure area, even those who were getting set to depart on the school bus
All after-school activities at the school were canceled
'Please stay clear of the area. We will post updates as they become available.'
All after-school activities at the school were canceled. Around 4:45pm, police began getting the locked-down children out of the school.
An app connected to the school is telling parents where they'll be reunited with their children. Because the road was completely blocked off, some parents are still waiting to get their vehicles back.
Classes have been canceled at William Wiley Elementary on Tuesday.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the West Richland Police Department, who are handling the investigation, for comment.
