On the night of Friday, April 26, 2024, a driver on Rollston Avenue in Indianapolis found 28-year-old Robert Lewis Woods lying in the road beside his bicycle. Woods had been shot multiple times and, despite his injuries, was able to speak to the person who found him and asked them to call his brother. He was taken to a nearby hospital and died from his wounds on Monday, April 29, 2024; his death was ruled a homicide.

Family and friends remembered Woods as a joyful person who loved to sing and generally kept to himself, and they remain baffled about why he would have been targeted. His sister, Trevina Woods, was with him at the hospital in his final days. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has made no public identification of suspects or arrests, and the investigation is ongoing.

The family has publicly pleaded for anyone with information to come forward and has asked the person responsible to turn themselves in. If anyone saw activity on or near Rollston Avenue the night of April 26, or has information about Woods in the days before the shooting, please contact the Indianapolis homicide office or Crime Stoppers.