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- 0:00Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now.
- 0:03Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. A massive regional manhunt is underway in
- 0:08Speaker 2: Missouri as local, state, and federal agencies tracked down a
- 0:12Speaker 2: suspected gunman. The suspect, Oscar Sanchez Munos, is considered armed
- 0:18Speaker 2: and dangerous. He is wanted for a string of highway
- 0:21Speaker 2: shootings across Kansas City. On Tuesday evening, he allegedly shot
- 0:25Speaker 2: at several eastbound vehicles between six and six thirty pm.
- 0:30Speaker 2: One person died and four survived. The violence stretched from
- 0:34Speaker 2: Interstate six seventy near Wyoming Street to Interstate seventy near
- 0:38Speaker 2: the Paseo in Prospect Avenue, ending near Truman Road in
- 0:42Speaker 2: Hardesty Avenue. According to police, one victim crash near Truman
- 0:46Speaker 2: Road in Bennington Avenue after being shot, later dying at
- 0:50Speaker 2: the hospital. Kansas City Police Chief Stacy Graves and Mayor
- 0:54Speaker 2: Quentin Lucas addressed the tragedy during a Wednesday night press conference.
- 0:59Speaker 1: CAZPD was called de Truman and Bennington on an injury accident.
- 1:03Speaker 1: The victim had life threatening injuries and was transported by
- 1:06Speaker 1: MS to a local hospital. While being treated, medical personnel
- 1:11Speaker 1: discovered the victim was suffering from a gunshot wound. The
- 1:15Speaker 1: victim was declared de ceased at the hospital.
- 1:17Speaker 2: Four other victims were located from the other scenes, three
- 1:21Speaker 2: adults and one juvenile teenager. One adult suffered life threatening injuries,
- 1:26Speaker 2: but all four are now stable. One survivor is an
- 1:30Speaker 2: uber driver who was taking fans to Kansas City Stadium
- 1:33Speaker 2: for a World Cup match. The shootings occurred eight miles
- 1:37Speaker 2: from the stadium, which hosts six matches this year, but
- 1:40Speaker 2: police say there are no known ties to the event.
- 1:43Speaker 2: On Thursday morning, police executed a search warrant at a
- 1:47Speaker 2: home near sixteenth in Kensington. They used extreme caution enclosed
- 1:52Speaker 2: surrounding roads in case Sanchez Munos was hiding inside. This
- 1:56Speaker 2: follows a Tuesday night stand off at a house in
- 1:58Speaker 2: the seven hundred block of Brooks Side Avenue in Independence,
- 2:01Speaker 2: where police stayed throughout Wednesday. After police surrounded it, a
- 2:06Speaker 2: fire started inside around twelve forty four am Wednesday, which
- 2:10Speaker 2: firefighters extinguished. Investigators spent Wednesday afternoon gathering evidence carrying bags
- 2:16Speaker 2: from the house while keeping the street closed. Chief Graves
- 2:20Speaker 2: noted that investigators believe Sanchez Munos is likely hiding and
- 2:24Speaker 2: urged the public to help locate him. Detectives haven't identified
- 2:27Speaker 2: a motive, but they remain hot on this trail.
- 2:30Speaker 1: We are hot on the trail of the subject and
- 2:33Speaker 1: we want to make sure that he's taken into Cussius
- 2:35Speaker 1: as possible. It is up to the public and the
- 2:37Speaker 1: Kansisuri plaice Farm, in all our local partners to make
- 2:39Speaker 1: sure that we get him in the Cussi as soon
- 2:41Speaker 1: as we can.
- 2:41Speaker 2: Anyone who sees Sanchez Munos is urged to call nine
- 2:44Speaker 2: one one immediately. More crime and justice news after this.
- 2:51Speaker 2: In Warren, Michigan, four juveniles are in custody and an
- 2:54Speaker 2: innocent driver is dead following a deadly crash after a
- 2:58Speaker 2: police chase early Thursday morning. The victim was killed after
- 3:02Speaker 2: the fleeing suspects struck the motorists while driving away from
- 3:06Speaker 2: Warren police. Just after two am, a pickup truck full
- 3:10Speaker 2: of juveniles wearing ski masks was traveling through neighborhoods and
- 3:14Speaker 2: Warren when police on a routine patrol attempted a traffic stop.
- 3:18Speaker 2: Officers observed the occupants of the Dodge Ram wearing ski
- 3:22Speaker 2: masks in the area of Fairfield and Georgiana Streets and
- 3:25Speaker 2: tried to pull them over. Instead, the suspects drove away.
- 3:30Speaker 2: After fleeing police, they ignored a red light at the
- 3:32Speaker 2: intersection of eight mile in show in Hair when they
- 3:35Speaker 2: struck an uninvolved vehicle traveling westbound. All five of the
- 3:39Speaker 2: occupants in the offending vehicle fled on foot, and police
- 3:43Speaker 2: apprehended four of the individuals. The driver of the uninvolved
- 3:47Speaker 2: vehicle was taken to a local hospital, where they were
- 3:49Speaker 2: pronounced deceased, later identified as a forty eight year old
- 3:53Speaker 2: Detroit resident Warren. Police say the juveniles had been responsible
- 3:57Speaker 2: for at least fifteen vehicle related CROs including thefts and
- 4:01Speaker 2: attempted thefts, over the past two days. Finally, a Charlotte,
- 4:06Speaker 2: North Carolina woman faces multiple charges after police said she
- 4:09Speaker 2: chased her boyfriend with a kitchen knife while he held
- 4:12Speaker 2: their eleven month old son. Gabriella Martinez Rivera, twenty seven,
- 4:17Speaker 2: was arrested Monday on charges of domestic violence, child abuse,
- 4:22Speaker 2: and assault with a deadly weapon. Officers responded to an
- 4:25Speaker 2: East Commistry department around nine pm after a caller reported
- 4:30Speaker 2: a woman holding a knife cornering a man on a
- 4:32Speaker 2: balcony while he held an infant. Also hearing the sound
- 4:36Speaker 2: of glass shattering inside. The boyfriend stated an argument over
- 4:40Speaker 2: chores turned physical when Martinez Rivera threw glass objects, punched
- 4:44Speaker 2: him in the face and groin, and pointed a kitchen
- 4:47Speaker 2: knife at him and their son. Martinez Rivera told officers
- 4:51Speaker 2: the argument was over couples things and that her boyfriend
- 4:54Speaker 2: had thrown a stroller at her, but she did not
- 4:57Speaker 2: provide further details when asked how the situation escalated. A
- 5:01Speaker 2: witness told officers they heard yelling and breaking glass and
- 5:04Speaker 2: saw Martinez Rivera chase her boyfriend, whose last name is Rice,
- 5:08Speaker 2: with a knife while he held their baby, backing them
- 5:11Speaker 2: onto the balcony. Police said the apartment showed signs of
- 5:14Speaker 2: a struggle, including broken glass throughout the hallways, a broken
- 5:18Speaker 2: coffee pot, broken picture frames, and blood on a wall.
- 5:22Speaker 2: Officers said the boyfriend had no visible injuries, while Martinez
- 5:26Speaker 2: Rivera had a small cut from broken glass. Officers also
- 5:31Speaker 2: noted blood on the child's shirt, but the boy showed
- 5:33Speaker 2: no signs of injury. Martinez Rivera made her first court
- 5:37Speaker 2: appearance on Tuesday, and her next court data scheduled for Wednesday,
- 5:41Speaker 2: September thirtieth, for the latest crime and justice breaking news.
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- 5:47Speaker 2: app with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvanni