St. Louis man charged with murder in motel shooting

ST. LOUIS — A transaction through an escort website ended Sunday with one man killing another outside a St. Louis motel, according to charging documents filed Friday.

Arthur Ross, 20, of St. Louis, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action Friday in the death of Kevin Anderson, 27, of Indianapolis.

Arthur Ross
Arthur Ross. Photo via City of St. Louis

Anderson was found shot about 2:30 a.m. in a stairwell at America’s Best Value Inn, at 1100 Lumiere Place Boulevard, near the St. Louis riverfront and died at a hospital.

The shooting stemmed from a confrontation about a transaction related to an escort website, St. Louis police wrote in charging documents.