This man trapped and choked his girlfriend in her Kennewick home, police say

Kennewick police are hunting for a man who choked his girlfriend and threatened to stab her.

Gerardo Guizar, 34, left his girlfriend bruised, bloody and with a broken nose after allegedly attacking her multiple times over two days in mid-June, Kennewick police said.

He allegedly showed up the night of June 16 at the woman's the Klamath Avenue house, claimed he was God and attacked her.

Police said he kept the woman from leaving her house or texting for help through the next day. He also choked her and threatened her with a knife.

Later that night, when she retreated to the bedroom, he allegedly declared his divinity again and waved the knife at her, police said.

The woman ran to a closet and beat the wall with a chair to get someone's attention.

Guizar forced his way in and attacked her one more time, police said, before fleeing in a 1995 red and gray Chevy S10 pickup.

Investigators found the pickup at his sister's house.

A warrant was issued for second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment.

Around noon Tuesday, officers received a tip that Guizar was in a home near West Klamath Avenue and North Volland Street, but they couldn't find him.

Police ask anyone with information to call 509-628-0333 or call Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers at 509-586-8477. People can receive up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.