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Kansas City police believe they found the body of the gunman suspected of killing one person in a series of highway shootings inside the burned basement of a family member’s home on Wednesday, where police searched days earlier.Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, 22, was wanted for allegedly shooting at a motor vehicle on June 11 in Wyandotte County, Kans., and had an outstanding warrant in the same county for aggravated assault, which carries a $100,000 bond, according to the FBI.He was also the prime suspect in five shootings on June 16 along Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Mo, just miles from Arrowhead Stadium, where several FIFA World Cup matches were being held.Police said that Sanchez-Munoz’s family members found a body on Wednesday in the basement of the Independence, Mo., home.The body was wearing clothes matching those of Sanchez-Munoz, who police believed had initially escaped during a fire that broke out amid the June 16 standoff, said Kansas City Police Capt.
Jake Becchina, according to KMBC.Law enforcement had searched the home during the post-standoff investigation, but the basement — flooded with water after the fire and cluttered with furniture and junk — was nearly impossible to search thoroughly.“At the end of the fire, there were several feet of water inside the basement, that night and into the next day,” Becchina said, calling it “one of the most congested basements” he’s seen in his police career.“There was enough debris in there that you can not stand up.Piles.
It was piles of things.”He also noted that the stairwell leading into the basement had collapsed in the blaze, and that investigators needed to “jump” down to search.The family had returned to the home several times since the standoff and fire, and it was while sifting through piles of debris that they noticed the smell of decomposition, leading them to the remains before contacting police, Becchina said.He added that the body was out of view, under the clutter and it took a ...