Name of shooting victim on South 46th Terrace released

Kansas City, Kan., police today released the name of a shooting victim Sept. 6 in the 3000 block of South 46th Terrace in Kansas City, Kan.

The victim was Jennifer Combs, 45, a police spokesman said.

Police are investigating her death as a possible homicide.

Her body was discovered by a 17-year-old daughter, who came home from school to find her mother and stepfather dead inside the residence.

A police spokesman said the initial investigation revealed that both the mother and stepfather died from gunshot wounds. The Police Department is investigating it as a murder-suicide, but cannot confirm it as a murder-suicide until the investigation is complete, the spokesman said.

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.