Days before Kansas City highway shootings, suspect was sought in similar crime in KCK
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- Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, 22, had an active Wyandotte County warrant with $100,000 bond.
- Investigators said descriptions matched Kansas City shootings, suggesting a link.
- Investigators located his suspected residence, which later caught fire during a standoff.
Kansas City, Kansas, police have released more details about an active warrant tied to a man accused of shooting several people along Kansas City highways Tuesday.
Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, 22, had an active warrant for his arrest issued in Wyandotte County carrying a $100,000 bond prior to Tuesday’s shootings.
Detectives were searching for Sanchez-Munoz in connection to a shooting that occurred on June 11, Officer Carlos Ulloa, a spokesperson for the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department said in a news release.
Just before 6:30 p.m. on June 11, a vehicle was struck by gunfire around Seventh Street and Metropolitan Avenue, in Kansas City Kansas’ Shawnee Heights neighborhood, Ulluoa said. An adult and a child were inside.
After interviewing witnesses and utilizing the department’s Real Time Intelligence Crime Center, investigators identified the suspected shooter as Sanchez-Munoz before issuing a metro-wide officer safety alert, Ulloa said.
During the string of shootings Tuesday, KCK investigators “recognized that the suspect description from those incidents closely matched the suspect involved in the Kansas City, Kansas, shooting.” Ulloa said.
As of Thursday afternoon, authorities are still searching for Sanchez-Munoz.
Authorities consider him to be armed and dangerous.
Shootings leave four injured, one dead Tuesday
Officers with the Kansas City Police Department were notified Tuesday of four motorists who had been shot between 6 and 6:30 p.m. One or more shots had been fired into their vehicles.
Shootings allegedly occurred at Interstate 670 and Wyoming Street, Interstate 70 and Paseo Boulevard, I-70 and Prospect Avenue, and at Truman Road and Hardesty Avenue, according to police.
Four people – three adults and one minor – were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Only one individual had injuries considered to be life-threatening.
Sanchez-Munoz was also linked to a fatal car crash reported around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Truman Road and Bennington Avenue. As medical staff treated the man, they discovered a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Independence standoff
Investigators later located Sanchez-Munoz at an Independence home Tuesday night, where police initiated a standoff. The home eventually caught fire, prompting the Independence Fire Department to respond.
The home, in the 700 block of South Brookside Avenue, was thought to be Sanchez-Munoz’s primary residence. The home caught fire around midnight Wednesday. The man was not located during the initial standoff.
Wednesday night, a second standoff was initiated when detectives received information leading them to a home near 16th Street and Kensington Avenue. The standoff lasted overnight, and ended after investigators entered the home and did not locate Sanchez-Munoz inside.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said police do not know of a motive for the string of shootings.
The Star’s Ilana Arougheti, Kendrick Calfee and Ben Wheeler contributed reporting.
This story was originally published June 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM.
