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dear heavenly father be with this on
April 22nd 2024 Washington state law
enforcement issued an amber alert for a
1-year-old child kidnapped by his father
39-year-old Elias huizar the following
day Oregon state officers located him
traveling on I5 and began a Pursuit
Elias was a former Yakama police officer
and a middle school resource officer he
was also wanted for two murders one was
for the killing of his 31-year-old
ex-wife while she was working at an
elementary School news reports indicate
he shot her eight times in front of
their 8-year-old son and other Witnesses
on school campus the other person he is
said to have killed was his 17-year-old
alleged girlfriend who was only
discovered after a search warrant was
issued at his home news reports indicate
he allegedly stabbed her to death it
gets worse the one-year-old child in his
car is the result of him sleeping with
his alleged 17-year-old girlfriend when
she was a 15-year-old student he met her
while he was employed at the Yakima
School District when she was just 11
years old his connection as the baby's
father was seemingly unknown to
officials for all this time that is
until another victim came forward when
she was 17 he was allegedly living with
her in the same household during that
time he also allegedly sexually
assaulted her 16-year-old friend while
she was passed out at his house Elias
was caught after both the girls escaped
by driving away in his truck reports
share they were hysterically crying when
they approached and told police what had
happened police then forcefully entered
Elias's home after a 3-hour standoff
using a SWAT team Elias was arrested in
charged with sexual assault of both
girls in February of 2024 but was let
out on A4 million do bail the day he
allegedly killed both his victims he was
scheduled to face those charges in court
days before the killing his ex-wife
filed for custody Arrangements of the
two kids they shared aged 5 and 8
according to news reports police
investigations suspected that he started
dating his ex-wife when she was underage
as well he met her while he volunteered
as a coach for the high school wrestling
team when he was 24 Elias was suspected
of planning to run to Mexico with his
infant child during this high-speed
chase this is that copy that 232 to
dispatch we've got to going Southbound
at about mile post 221 I've got 23 King
35 with
me what do you want to do 35 let's go 12
33 this channel patches to SPO
2312 he's going to go ahead and take off
from us we're in this got a Pursuit
going
Southbound over the course of the next
few minutes officers coordinate and add
more units to the chase between sharing
speed and location updates one officer
appears to commit a small prayer before
this foreseeable dangerous situation
dear heavenly father we with this 12
from 35 if he starts going slower I'm
going to try to redirect I that's wck we
get away from some of these cars here if
we get him stuck in between some
cars or he slows down to 60 or so yeah
but at this speeds no 216 southbound
just past 216
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105 EAS
232 about 100 milph still
southbound get some of Springfield unit
set up with some spikes 12 from 35 RF
fall unconfirmed but I cannot see any
sign of anybody else in the vehicle copy
that yeah he's got tinted windows I
couldn't see him went as he went by just
saw the
plate he's about to get stopped up in
some
traffic Springfield units if you guys
get set of your spikes let us know where
you're at so we can back up
let get someone at 197 in the median and
I'll be up to
it cop that3 12 still southbound
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105
talking do
it do it do
it 232 we got redirected down the
freeway
turn around turn around and pin him turn
around and pin
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him he's firing he's firing he's fir
[Music]
2312 shots fired at me I'm good I
think I'll be talking
to do
it do it do
it 232 got redirected down the
freeway turn around turn around and pin
him turn around and pin him
[Music]
in this brief moment the dash cam
captures Elias wielding a pistol he's
fired he's firing he's
[Music]
fired 2312 shots fired at me I'm good I
think we're back in this Southbound
got Spike set up we're back in this 96
going
Southbound pass 28
southbound
208 whoever's underneath home turn your
overheads off so doesn't
see let us know we get close let us
know still Southbound 92
mph 92 mph as the pursuit continues
pieces of Elias's car appears to fly off
2312 we're passing rest area right now
98 mil
hour C pass 8 mil hour
5
203 actively firing at us take
cover [ __ ] in 203 yes he's firing
stay on this side 35 stay on this
side
C number two I'll call it 203 South
spe moments down the road officers set
up stop
sticks1 cover
fortunately Elias is able to evade them
soon after dispatch notifies officers
that Elias is apparently on the phone he
shared some information that makes the
situation significantly more tense
ration 20 the driver on the phone he
just have a baby in the car a copy dri
online he does have the baby in the
vehicle he's staying in his Lane he
drives the last set so if you can set up
two sets but
speed
84 Bo we coming up on this stop traffic
from the
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crash pass on the shoulder left hand
side thr the traffic speed
[Music]
Put Your Hands
Up Get Behind hard cover get behind hard
cover put your hands high the sky driver
get a rifle get a rifle up
there he might have shot himself shot
from inside right he hey I'm going to
get on this out here leave him there
leave him there's a person get him out
this truck Hey Hey sir get out of your
truck Heather sir what you got he might
have just shot he's back there he's back
there I think he shot himself I can pull
forward with my car really slow should
got a sh I got a shield grab a shield I
got a shield hold
on we can wait for a shield or I can
just roll my car it's bigger than a
shield yeah we're going to do both cool
anyone got eyes on the gun um right as I
got
out I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure he I
heard it yeah so did you see the gun in
there no he was on his phone I could see
him on his phone and he put his phone
down and I heard that shot it was like
pretty close to him you guys ready yep
all right all right let's do
it still M he still moving get your
hands up hands up get your hands up
hands
up come on back boys get somebody sto
traffic northbound get your hands
up hands up get your hands up do it
now hands
up hands on the steering wheel all we
did just move his hand head a little bit
yep just moved his head where's he at
sitting in the driver's seat it's like
the baby back hands up Sir put your
hands on the steering wheel we want to
get you some help the baby's head's
going to be right yeah his that baby's
right in line with where you at cop that
see the handle yep I'm going
down he just moved his head over to the
side yep just hold just hold hold just
hold and cover if there's a movement so
I'm going to just aim at the steering
wheel area I
feel I wouldn't with that window being
closed hey bud put your hand on the
steering wheel baby seats in the
passas you guys hear that baby's in the
back right seat cop for the baby we got
a drone coming I don't know if that's
being relayed or if you want to push
with the kid hey get the shield over
here we got to get the kid let's go sh
on that side yeah yeah get it over here
here just stand by hey just chill you
got time got we got him covered he's not
moving we're moving all
right on your not moving if you move you
will be sh do you understand you got
blood coming out let's
push gun's on his on his lap he's dead
I'll take the baby do not move if you
move you will be
shot get that baby go on the other side
let's get the gun let's get the baby we
got him get that
baby gun
ISP it's in his lap get the
baby that baby out of here nothing baby
okay
got yeah oh no his whole lap is p full
get out glad we're not 10 crch for any
there's the baby oh there's the bab oh
they have the
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babies no gun secure you already check
I'm taking p
no is the kid okay yeah yeah kid good o
you're good everywhere I think so I
don't know let's just do a quick check
yeah that was pretty close quarter
stuff news reports indicate the boy was
taken under the Care of Oregon
Department of Human Services no one was
injured outside of Elias huzar who did
not survive his injuries news sources
also dug into Elias's criminal charges
and employment history and found a
disturbing situation ation between 2013
and 2021 Elias worked for the Yakima
Police Department for at least a couple
years during that time he reported as a
school resource officer for yaka
District he was also a wrestling coach
for the school's team while the school
seems to share that no complaints were
received concerning his conduct he was
under investigation for sexual
misconduct during that time in 2019
allegations from students rumored that
Elias was having sexual relations with a
12-year-old student an investigation
took place and investigators did not
meet enough probable cause to prosecute
the potential charges this was despite
several handwritten letters from
classmates voicing concerns over their
supposed relationship however officers
amounted the rumors to be just that as
no allegation led to a verified nor
detailed account of sexual misconduct at
that time when questioning the
12-year-old girl about the messages she
sent her friends about the relationship
she supposedly had with Elias she said
she never sent them and that her phone
must have been hacked it was discovered
later that the student in question was
the same underage victim he allegedly
stabbed to death at his home 5 years
later at least according to a restraint
order request from Elias's ex-wife in
2024 Elias resigned from the Yakama PD
shortly after the investigation in 2022
Yakama PD Chief Matt Murray shared in
documents that the findings did not have
enough evidence to support termination
Elias was ineligible to be rehired by
the department the following school year
Yakima School District restructured
their school security role instead of
hiring from Yakima PD directly they
instead opted to hire officers who were
retired this would save the school a
reported
$250,000 a year it is an unknown
coincidence if this was why Elias quit
the force and instead applied to be a
substitute teacher for Richland School
District's 2021 to 2022 school year the
following year he would also apply as a
volunteer for the school's wrestling
team possibly repeating his predatory
process Richland School District claims
they were unaware of his previous
investigations after the allegations
became public due to his actions
mentioned at the beginning of this video
and subsequent arrest in February of
2024 Richland School District voiced
frustrations with Yakima district as
they allegedly sent recommendations to
hire Elias Richland was also frustrated
with their failed background checks and
other various processes for employment
which allegedly included fingerprinting
and criminal background checks they are
quoted saying it is the expectation for
individuals who apply for employment
with RSD to be forthcoming and truthful
in their applications before her death
his wife requested a protection order
and cited that she was unaware of her
ex-husband's abusive relationship with
the teenage girl she also voiced
concerns about his harassing Behavior
news reports say she often mentioned
that huzar was not of sound mind had
told her he hears voices that he was
short-tempered and was controlling of
her actions in a request for a
restraining order his ex-wife made to
officials months before her death she
shared her five and 8-year-old Sons told
her Elias had them take care of the baby
he shared between himself and his teen
victim her sons told her that Elias
would get violent with and hit the
17-year-old victim while she cried he
and the Teen victim also performed
certain inappropriate acts without any
regard if his sons were present or
watching she handw wrote a section
detailing that Elias was diagnosed with
PTSD major depressive disorder insomnia
alcohol use disorder and unspecified
personality disorder she writes that he
would cause harm to her children and
herself in another section after she
noted he made bail she added that he was
a flight risk and recalled a time when
took her children for a period of 3
weeks in 2021 the restraining order was
issued and Elias was barred from owning
Firearms or coming anywhere near his
ex-wife or his toddler children but that
legal restriction wouldn't stop him from
pursuing more horrific crimes leading to
the events in this video to unfold after
he was let out on bail Captain Kyle
Kennedy with the Oregon State Police
held a press conference shortly after
the chase took place a journalist
mentioned that a lot of Troopers have
families and asked how do emotions like
that play into a situation like this
yeah well I'll just say the Troopers who
are involved in this are still
processing this um even for me to go
down and and get to see my co-workers
and people I'm very proud of and just
pass them in the hallway real quick and
and just have the hair are you good and
and yeah and then you go to work um so
the processing of these events is
significant however I'm thankful for the
investment that the state police is
putting into the welfare and resiliency
of our Troopers and they're currently
they're providing resources for them now
so uh all this is coming together is the
way we would like it to and uh you know
our hope is that uh we can continue to
support them so that concludes this for
the evening thank you

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