KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police believe they have located suspected highway shooter Oscar Sanchez-Munoz dead inside his Independence home, according to a Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department spokesperson Wednesday.
The 22-year-old man was wanted in connection with a shooting spree along Interstate 70 on June 16 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was also facing criminal discharge of a firearm charges in Wyandotte County for a June 11 shooting incident.
On Monday, video shared with KSHB 41 News showed police had returned to Sanchez-Munoz's home in search of new evidence.
Kansas City, Missouri, police searched Mt. Washington Cemetery on Wednesday morning for clues relating to his whereabouts.
Later on Wednesday, a police presence was observed near his home in the 700 block of Brookside Avenue in Independence.
KCPD detectives were notified around 2 p.m. Wednesday about the "smell of decomposition" by a family member of Sanchez-Munoz who was searching through debris in the basement of the residence.
Law enforcement said a human body with clothing matching what Sanchez-Munoz was wearing the day of the shooting spree was found. Police believe the body belongs to Sanchez-Munoz at this time.
The basement had been flooded from putting out the house fire that broke out during a standoff, and it was highly cluttered, KCPD said Wednesday.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office is working to confirm the identity of the body and the cause of death.
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