Man allegedly fatally shot pregnant woman; baby died days after emergency delivery

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of fatally shooting a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered but died several days later.

According to Howard County Police, on the night of July 31, 2020, officers responded to a home on Dovecote Drive to a report of several gunshots. The victim, 30-year-old Rabiah Ahmad, was transported to the hospital, where she died.

Ahmad was 28 weeks pregnant at the time. Doctors reportedly delivered her baby girl, Ahja, but the infant died five days later…

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