Third teen accused of role in Heatherstone murder after new evidence

An 18-year-old is now accused of murder in a December gang-related shooting that left a 16-year-old dead.

Police have known that Austin Bleazard was at the scene of the Heatherstone Apartment shooting on Dec. 3, but they had believed he walked away before the gunshots that killed Alexander Carcamo-Danley.

But Prosecutor Eric Eisinger said new information shows that Bleazard fired shots at the other teen.

Bleazard appeared by video in Benton County Superior Court Monday afternoon. He’s being held on suspicion of first-degree murder. His bail was set at $1 million.

Bleazard joins two other juveniles charged with first-degree premeditated murder in connection with the killing. Prosecutors have asked to move the cases against Jacob Carrillo, now 16, and Israel Hutchinson, 14, to adult court. Those hearings are currently scheduled for later in the summer.

Bleazard and another teen were passengers in the car with Carrillo and Hutchinson when they began looking for Carcamo-Danley. Bleazard and Carrillo are believed to be in a rival gang, court documents said.

They found the 16-year-old in the parking lot of Heatherstone Apartments talking on his phone with his girlfriend.

Carrillo and Bleazard are believed to have fired multiple times at Carcamo-Danley. One of the bullets hit the teen in the neck and killed him, court documents said.

Detectives tracked the vehicle to the West Richland home of the fourth teen identified by detectives, where they made contact with him and Hutchison. That teen has not been charged with a crime.

Planning the shooting

No one was arrested that night, but police found a series of videos and text messages allegedly linking Carrillo to the shooting after getting search warrants for the teens’ phones.

The other teen told detectives that they were home alone around the time of the shooting and did not know where the vehicle was. Hutchinson told detectives they went to bed at 7 p.m. because “they hate school.”

A search warrant for Carrillo’s phone showed that he left the house without permission and turned off his phone’s location tracking after going to the area of a cousin’s house in Finley. He was not answering calls or texts from his mother or stepfather.

Phone records placed Carrillo’s phone at the Heatherstone Apartments.

Carrillo is a Hanford High School student who allegedly met Hutchinson after they got into a fight at the school, according to court documents.

Instagram messages between Hutchinson and Carrillo show them messaging each other after the fight, with Hutchinson asking Carrillo what “set” he was from and if he “bang(ed) or reppin.”

Carrillo allegedly used language tied to Sureno gang members and the two repeatedly discussed looking for rival gang members to attack, according to court documents.

On Dec. 2 Hutchinson allegedly messaged Carrillo saying, “Let’s get active foo.”

They continued discussing “getting active” and the next day, Hutchinson allegedly told Carrillo to meet at the other teen’s house. Hutchinson asked Carrillo how many guns he had, and Carrillo told him “only 1 foo u needa stop lacking. No cap.”

Carrillo took a bus to the home. They planned to take a car belonging to the father of the other teen because he was out of the country at the time, according to court documents.

Videos from the drive over to Kennewick allegedly show Hutchinson using Carcamo-Danley’s nickname, “Bando” and Carrillo driving with a gun in his lap.

Carcamo-Danley had reportedly crossed paths with Carrillo during a stay at the Benton Franklin juvenile detention center in Kennewick, according court documents.

Carrillo claimed in an Instagram message to another teen that Carcamo-Danley downplayed being involved with a rival gang but then was allegedly talking about his gang involvement after being released.

Detectives also found a brief video allegedly taken by the teens immediately after the homicide that shows Hutchinson running, according to court documents.

The teens also allegedly made a group chat on SnapChat and discussed their plans, according to court documents. The messages included Hutchinson saying they were going to “H Block” and “Heatherstone I’m posted up in Kennewick (right now).”

Location data from Hutchinson’s phone shows the teens going to a home in the 400 block of 3rd Avenue where Bleazard was picked up. The location of the phone is then shown moving to the Heatherstone Apartments.

After the shooting, Carrillo allegedly sent a message on Instagram saying, “I caught a b(ody).”

He also sent a message that said they went looking for Carcamo-Danley because they believed he was part of a rival gang, and claimed, “I upped my shi and dropped half a mag.”

After learning detectives had talked to Hutchinson and the other teen, Carrillo allegedly told them to delete their messages and wanted to know what they said and if they had changed their clothes.

This story was originally published June 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM.