Video shows fiery crash after chase for suspect in murder of Chicago area family
CHICAGO (CBS) – Newly released body camera video shows the moment officers in Oklahoma caught up with the man who police said killed a family of four in southwest suburban Romeoville.
As CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reported, the horrific series of events spanned from Romeoville all the way to Catoosa, Oklahoma, where the main suspect's car was spotted. It all came to an end with a fiery crash and officers shot rubber bullets into the car of a suspected murderer.
Nathaniel Huey Jr. was behind the wheel of the burning sport-utility vehicle. His fiancée, Ermalinda Palomo of Streamwood, was in the passenger seat.
Officers gave several commands for both of them to surrender. They even fired less lethal ammunition into the car, first trying to break the side window with a beanbag.
When officers finally approached the car, Palomo needed medical attention. She was pulled from the car, and paramedics tried saving her on the road, but she later died at the hospital from a gunshot wound.
Huey, the driver, was also found dead from a gunshot. He is suspected of shooting and killing a family of four in Romeoville, including their two young boys.
The four victims – Zoraida Bartolomei, 32; her husband Alberto Rolón, 38; and their sons Adriel, 9, and Diego, 7 – were found dead inside a home in the 500 block of Concord Avenue in Romeoville last month.
The family's dogs were also found shot and killed.
The murders sparked a nationwide manhunt that ended on the highway in Oklahoma.
Police in Romeoville still have not disclosed the motive for the murder of an entire family.
Palomo's family insisted that despite being engaged to Huey, she had nothing to do with the Romeoville murders and stress she was in danger throughout the entire ordeal.