Deputy Sheriff

Martha Ann Woods-Shareef

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department,  Louisiana
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Age: 53

Tour: 15 years

Cause: Vehicular assault

Incident Date: 8/20/2008

Weapon: Automobile

Suspect: Apprehended

Deputy Martha Woods-Shareef  succumbed to injuries sustained when she was run over by a vehicle while  investigating a burglary on Highway 20. She had responded to a local convenience  store at 2:30 am after an alarm was activated at the store.
Dispatchers  heard a scream over her radio, and then moments later a store employee used the  radio to inform dispatchers that she had been injured and needed an ambulance.  She was transported to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, where she succumbed to  injuries.

The suspect was arrested approximately 4 hours later hiding  underneath a house.
Deputy Woods-Shareef had served with the Lafourche  Parish Sheriff’s Department for 15 years. She is survived by her husband and  daughter.