On the morning of February 11, 2021, 31-year-old Dakayla Bailey was found fatally shot at a mobile home park on Plank Road near Cannon Street in Baton Rouge. Police and Baton Rouge Police Homicide Detectives responded around 10:30 a.m.; the shooting prompted an immediate homicide investigation. In the days after the killing, authorities said the motive and any suspects were unknown.

On February 19, 2021, police arrested 27-year-old Terica Scott after receiving an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers. Scott was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon.

Anyone who knew Dakayla Bailey, was in the area that morning, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.