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Wyoming Highway patrolman Kyle McKay looks through binoculars at a law enforcement road block on County Road 228, Tuesday, July 17, 2007, in northwest Laramie County, Wyo. Dozens of officers, some armed with automatic weapons, scoured rocky, hilly terrain near here in search of a former Army sniper suspected of killing his estranged wife in Cheyenne. The search for David Munis, 36, focused Tuesday on an area northeast of Laramie where the pickup truck he was driving turned up late Monday, Cheyenne police Lt. Mark Munari said. (AP Photo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Michael Smith)
Wyo. Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide
LARAMIE, Wyo. - A tipster on horseback led authorities to the remote hideout of a former military sniper accused of fatally shooting his wife while she sang at a Cheyenne night club.
As searchers closed in, David Munis, 36, shot himself in the chest, authorities said. Munis was found at a small camping trailer about five miles outside the search area, Albany County Sheriff's Lt. Michael Garcia said.
He was flown to a hospital and pronounced dead, ending a daylong manhunt in the Rogers Canyon area about 10 miles northeast of Laramie.
"I'm glad it's over," Garcia said. "People in the community can feel more at rest, people in Rogers Canyon can feel more at ease."
Munis' estranged wife, Robin Munis, 40, was singing with a classic-rock and country group at the Old Chicago restaurant and bar in Cheyenne early Saturday when a bullet pierced a plate glass door and hit her in the head, killing her.
David Munis' truck was spotted late Monday in the mountains north of Laramie, about 50 miles west of Cheyenne, and dozens of heavily armed officers searched the area Tuesday.
Sheriff's officials said they knew little about the anonymous rider who called 911 on a cell phone Tuesday evening. But they said he didn't live in the area where he was riding at the foot of the Laramie Range.
The Munises were recently separated, and Robin Munis had contacted police just hours before she was shot to complain that her estranged husband was making harassing calls to her cell phone.
Investigators said it was unclear whether the shot that killed her came from the restaurant parking lot, about 25 yards away, or from an open green space, roughly 100 yards off.
Witnesses told police that a pickup matching the one owned by David Munis was seen leaving the scene.
A handwritten note of about six pages, addressed to "Everyone," was found at Munis' home, police said Tuesday. "I'm calling it a near-confession," Cheyenne police Capt. Jeff Schulz said. "He does not come out and say, `I did it.'" The police spokesman would not give details, but Munis was charged with first-degree murder.
Police had suspected from the outset that Munis, a devoted hunter and outdoorsman, would flee into terrain where his training and experience could give him the advantage.
He had been a member of the Wyoming Army National Guard since 2003 and was a 2001 graduate of the Army Sniper School at Fort Benning, Ga., according to the National Guard. He was assigned to an infantry regiment at Ft. Campbell, Ky., according to Lt. Col. Kevin V. Arata, public affairs officer with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. Arata said he couldn't determine from Munis' military records if he was ever in combat.
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As searchers closed in, David Munis, 36, shot himself in the chest, authorities said. Munis was found at a small camping trailer about five miles outside the search area, Albany County Sheriff's Lt. Michael Garcia said.
He was flown to a hospital and pronounced dead, ending a daylong manhunt in the Rogers Canyon area about 10 miles northeast of Laramie.
"I'm glad it's over," Garcia said. "People in the community can feel more at rest, people in Rogers Canyon can feel more at ease."
Munis' estranged wife, Robin Munis, 40, was singing with a classic-rock and country group at the Old Chicago restaurant and bar in Cheyenne early Saturday when a bullet pierced a plate glass door and hit her in the head, killing her.
David Munis' truck was spotted late Monday in the mountains north of Laramie, about 50 miles west of Cheyenne, and dozens of heavily armed officers searched the area Tuesday.
Sheriff's officials said they knew little about the anonymous rider who called 911 on a cell phone Tuesday evening. But they said he didn't live in the area where he was riding at the foot of the Laramie Range.
The Munises were recently separated, and Robin Munis had contacted police just hours before she was shot to complain that her estranged husband was making harassing calls to her cell phone.
Investigators said it was unclear whether the shot that killed her came from the restaurant parking lot, about 25 yards away, or from an open green space, roughly 100 yards off.
Witnesses told police that a pickup matching the one owned by David Munis was seen leaving the scene.
A handwritten note of about six pages, addressed to "Everyone," was found at Munis' home, police said Tuesday. "I'm calling it a near-confession," Cheyenne police Capt. Jeff Schulz said. "He does not come out and say, `I did it.'" The police spokesman would not give details, but Munis was charged with first-degree murder.
Police had suspected from the outset that Munis, a devoted hunter and outdoorsman, would flee into terrain where his training and experience could give him the advantage.
He had been a member of the Wyoming Army National Guard since 2003 and was a 2001 graduate of the Army Sniper School at Fort Benning, Ga., according to the National Guard. He was assigned to an infantry regiment at Ft. Campbell, Ky., according to Lt. Col. Kevin V. Arata, public affairs officer with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. Arata said he couldn't determine from Munis' military records if he was ever in combat.
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
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