Robert Woods

Robert Woods, a St. Louis County police officer, was shot and killed on Saturday morning in an apparent murder-suicide in Lincoln County. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a home in an unincorporated part of the county on a report of shots fired, Capt. David Hill said. Hill said deputies found two people shot dead and identified one of them as Woods, 36. Woods had been shot multiple times in the torso, Hill said. The other person, the father of Woods' ex-girlfriend. committed suicide after shooting Woods. Woods and his ex had a child together, and were in a custody battle. "The events leading to his death are tragic," St. Louis County police Chief Kenneth Gregory wrote in a department memo Saturday afternoon. Woods was assigned to the North County precinct and had been with the St. Louis County Police Department for five years. "We ask that the community pray for Officer Woods’ family and his department family as we are all very saddened and devastated by this tragic loss," said Sgt. Tracy Panus, spokeswoman for St. Louis County Police Department.