Suspect identified in Tuesday night shootings that wounded 5 people; search continues for shooter

UPDATE, 6:20 p.m. |KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The search continues for a man suspected in five shootings Tuesday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

Police identified the suspect as 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz.

Sanchez-Munoz is also wanted in Wyandotte County on an arrest warrant for aggravated assault. The bond in that case was set at $100,000.

Police said the vehicle believed to have been used in the shootings was found at a house in the 700 block of Brookside Avenue in Independence.

UPDATE, 11:30 a.m. | KSHB 41 News reporter Megan Abundis reports from the scene that during the standoff Wednesday morning, the house where the suspect is believed to be located caught fire and was significantly damaged.

Five dogs that were inside the home died from the fire.

Kansas City, Missouri, Police have taken over the scene of the standoff, which remains an active scene as of noon Wednesday.

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ORIGINAL REPORT | Independence Police are involved in a standoff that Kansas City Police say involves a suspect in five shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday night.

Kansas City Police say they were notified of four total reported shooting victims between 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Police say the victims were shot while driving down the highway or roadway when one or more shots were fired into their vehicles.

Police say they contacted victims at Interstate 670 and Wyoming, Interstate 70 and Paseo, I-70 and Prospect, and Truman and Hardesty. Police say the victims were all traveling eastbound in their vehicles.

Police say all four victims were taken to the hospital for treatment.

Police say three are adults and one is a juvenile teen.

The teen is stable, two of the adults have non life-threatening injuries, and one adult has life-threatening injuries.

Detectives say they are working to determine the exact location of each of the shootings and what led up to them.

Detectives say they do believe the shootings happened in close succession to one another, geographically from the east to the west.

Police say they believe these shootings are also connected to a fatal shooting/car crash at Truman Road and Bennington around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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