Mother, two children killed; baby found safe

A St. Louis-area man fatally shot his estranged wife and two of her children Thursday before fleeing with the couple’s baby, who was later found safe, and then killed himself hours later on Friday as officers closed in on him, authorities said.

Police on Friday identified the victims as Roseann McCulley, 34, her 13-year-old son, Kayden Johnson, and her 6-year-old daughter, Kaylee Brooks.

Officers responding to a report of a shooting found all three dead at the scene. Police also learned that a 1-year-old girl had been taken — the daughter of McCulley and the suspected shooter, 35year-old Bobby McCulley III.

Court records show Bobby McCulley III filed for divorce Feb. 28. The two slain children were not his biological children, police said.