Police in Kansas City searching for 'armed and dangerous' suspect wanted in string of shootings Tuesday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are searching for an "armed and dangerous" suspect wanted in a string of shootings Tuesday night that left one person dead and four others injured.

Police are searching for 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz. Sanchez-Munoz is wanted in connection with the string of shootings on Tuesday night and is considered "armed and dangerous."

A KCPD spokesperson called a news conference Wednesday evening to provide an update on the investigation. You can watch the news conference led by KCPD Chief Stacey Graves in the video player below.

Police said early on Wednesday they were investigating a string of shootings between 6–6:30 p.m. Tuesday that are believed to be connected to a single suspect.

The first shooting was reported near Interstate 670 and Wyoming, with the suspect moving east across the city. Additional shootings were reported near Interstate 70 and Paseo, Interstate 70 and Prospect, Truman and Hardesty, and Truman and Bennington.

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

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.

It was not clear which victims were associated with which shooting location.

Police confirmed that one of the shooting victims was an Uber driver taking Argentina fans to the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup match in Kansas City.

Chief Graves said there was no other connection to the World Cup in Tuesday's incidents.

Police say Sanchez-Munoz eventually traveled to a residence in Independence, where he barricaded himself inside in a standoff with police that lasted overnight.

By late Wednesday morning, police said a fire had broken out at the home, causing significant damage. Five dogs were killed in the blaze.

KCPD, members of the Kansas City Fire Department and the Missouri State Fire Marshal used K-9s to search the house after the scene was turned over to police at about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The search for Sanchez-Munoz led detectives to a home Wednesday night in the area of East 16th Street and Kensington Avenue. A standoff was initiated, but Sanchez-Munoz was not in the home.

Sanchez-Munoz has yet to be located.

Authorities are unaware of a motive at this time.

Police say the vehicle they believe Sanchez-Munoz used in Tuesday night's shooting was located and is in police custody.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department assisted the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department in identifying Sanchez-Munoz.

Prosecutors in Wyandotte County charged Sanchez-Munoz Thursday with two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm in an incident on June 11.

The charges allege Sanchez-Munoz shot into a 2014 GMC Sierra occupied by an adult and a juvenile by a bullet around 6:30 p.m. near 7th and Metropolitian. The suspect's vehicle was identified via the department's Realtime Intelligence Center.

Police said they learned the suspect vehicle was registered to Sanchez-Munoz, and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest on Tuesday. He has a $100,000 bond in that case, per KCKPD.

A KCKPD spokesperson said they shared that information to create a Kansas City-wide "officer safety alert."

The spokesperson said as KCK police monitored the Tuesday night shootings, they shared information with police in KCMO, which used the information to create a person of interest in their shootings.

The White House Task Force told KSHB 41 News that the agency is not directly involved in the investigation.

If you locate Sanchez-Munoz or have any information about his whereabouts, call 911.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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