A 7-year-old girl, Alayah Terrell, was shot inside a home on Selgrave Road in the Milford Mill area of Baltimore County on July 14, 2026. Police arrived around 3:15 p.m.; Alayah suffered a gunshot wound to her upper body, was taken to a nearby hospital, and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. An autopsy was pending.

The Baltimore County Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation that initially pointed toward an accidental shooting. Authorities said adults were present in the home and began interviewing family members and witnesses to reconstruct the sequence of events. No suspects or arrests had been publicly announced in the days following the shooting.

What can readers who knew Alayah or who were in the Milford Mill neighborhood that afternoon share about what happened?