Kansas City Shooting Suspect
Body Likely Found Decomposing in Family’s Basement
Published
Kansas City police think they’ve found the body of the gunman suspected of killing one person in a series of highway shootings earlier this month.
Jake Becchina, the Kansas City Police Department’s Public Information Officer, announced to media Wednesday they are under the assumption they located 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz‘s body inside the burned basement of a family member’s home. The body was found wearing clothes identical to those believed to be worn by Sanchez-Munoz.
Becchina said police originally searched the home after an hours-long stand-off, but it had caught on fire and flooded … making it difficult to thoroughly search. He explained the family contacted authorities after they searched through the rubble and smelled something decomposing, leading them to the remains.
Sanchez-Munoz had an outstanding warrant after he was accused of shooting at a motor vehicle on June 11 in Wyandotte County, Kansas. He was also suspected of being involved in a string of shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 16, according to the FBI.
Sanchez-Munoz allegedly killed Jeremy Keenan during the alleged Kansas City incident, per NewsNation. He allegedly crashed his car into a pole after being shot.
Homicide detectives and the Jackson County Medical Examiner are investigating to confirm the body is Sanchez-Munoz, and the cause of death.