On the night of June 14, 2025, Eduardo Alexander Alvarado Urrea, a 20-year-old from Silver Spring, Maryland, was fatally shot in what police described as a highway ambush on eastbound Interstate 70 near Route 27 in Mount Airy. Urrea was a passenger in a 2018 GMC Sierra pickup that had just left an event at the Frederick Fairgrounds around 11:40 p.m. Another vehicle reportedly pulled alongside the truck and opened fire. Urrea was pronounced dead at the scene; the pickup driver was also struck and taken to a trauma center. One passenger was evaluated on scene and declined treatment, and three occupants were uninjured.

Following an investigation by the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, two suspects were identified and taken into custody on June 29, 2025. Francisco Javier Sanchez-Juarez, 28, and Jeffrey Josue Diaz, 24, both from Howard County, were arrested without incident and charged with first-degree murder and multiple firearm offenses. Both are being held without bond at the Frederick County Detention Center. The motive remains under investigation; anyone with information or dashcam footage from the time of the incident is asked to come forward.