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Montez Woods

Case from St. Louis, MO dated May 20, 2012

Victim Details

Montez Woods

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

St. Louis

MO

2012-05-20

2012-05-20

29

Montez

Woods

06/28/2026


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In the spring of 2012, the life of 29-year-old Montez Woods, a Black male, was cut short on a street in St. Louis, Missouri. On the evening of Sunday, May 20, police responded to a report of a shooting in the 4100 block of Grove Street in the Fairgrounds neighborhood. Upon arrival, they discovered Woods lying in the street, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Witnesses later reported seeing Woods walking south on Grove just before he was killed.

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  • Montez Woods: St. Louis Homicide No. 35; Found Dead on Grove ...
  • Police ID man slain in Fairground neighborhood of St. Louis
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