Kansas City, Missouri, police end standoff in area of 16th Street, Kensington Avenue

UPDATE, 6:47 a.m. | Kansas City, Missouri, police say after a standoff overnight, officers entered a home at 16th and Kensington. The highway shooting suspect, Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, was not inside the home.

The search for Sanchez-Munoz continues.

EARLIER | Kansas City, Missouri, police are on the scene of a standoff at East 16th Street and Kensington Avenue.

KSHB 41 confirmed the standoff involves the search for Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, the suspect accused of shooting five people across Kansas City on Tuesday night.

Police tell KSHB they've been in the area since about 9 p.m., but the standoff was called around 10:30 p.m.

Detectives have not had any contact with the suspect, but their investigation led them to the home near 16th and Kensington.

Sanchez-Munoz is wanted in connection with the string of shootings on Tuesday night and is considered "armed and dangerous."

The first shooting was reported around 6 p.m. Tuesday near Interstate 670 and Wyoming.

Police say Sanchez-Munoz then moved east across the city, as additional shootings were reported near Interstate 70 and Paseo, Interstate 70 and Prospect, Truman and Hardesty, and Truman and Bennington.

The person who was shot at Truman and Bennington crashed into a light pole after they were shot. Police confirmed the victim died from injuries sustained in the shooting.

Four other victims were located from the other four scenes — three adults and one juvenile teenager. One of the adults who was shot suffered life-threatening injuries. The other three victims were reported in stable condition.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department assisted the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department in identifying Sanchez-Munoz, who is also wanted in Wyandotte County on a June 11 warrant for criminal discharge of a firearm. He has a $100,000 bond in that case, per KCKPD.

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