Demetrius Combs

ST. LOUIS — Prosecutors charged a man with manslaughter Monday in the weekend shooting death of a man in the 5000 block of Kensington Avenue. Leeland Ross, 45, was being held without bail in the death of 41-year-old Demetrius Combs. Combs was found inside a residence on Kensington about 6 a.m. Sunday. He was shot and died at the scene, police said. Police said they arrested Ross at the scene. Ross had been assaulted by Combs before Ross shot Combs in the abdomen, police said. They did not elaborate on what led to the assault, how Combs was hurt or bad his injuries were. Ross, charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, lives in the 5100 block of Enright Avenue. Combs lived in the 1400 block of Laurel Avenue. Police did not release a motive for the shooting. The block of Kensington is west of Kingshighway and in the city's Academy neighborhood.