Reward Offered For Info About Pregnant Woman's Shooting Death

COLUMBIA, MD — The Council on American-Islamic Relations has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of 30-year-old Rabiah Ahmad's killer. The pregnant woman was shot and killed Friday night when someone fired a gun into her Columbia home. Doctors delivered her infant daughter, Ahja, who has been upgraded to stable condition from critical condition. Ahmad was 28 weeks pregnant.

The Howard County Police Department is offering a separate $5,000 reward to anyone with information about the incident.

“Our goal in offering a reward is to encourage anyone with information about this horrific crime to come forward and help deliver justice for Rabiah and her family,” said CAIR’s Maryland Director Zainab Chaudry, who met with the victim’s family Sunday at the hospital. “At this point, there are too many unanswered questions and the community’s help can make a tremendous difference.”

CAIR released a statement from Ahmad's family asking for the public's help in finding her murderer.

"We are asking – no pleading with the fine people of the Howard County community to assist us in finding the person(s) responsible for the murder of our beloved. Because of this senseless act, Rabiah’s little baby girl Ahja is left to fight the battle of her little life. A little precious life who should still be in her Mommy’s womb right now, whole and healthy. This is a great and devastating blow to the entire Ahmad-Najiy-Dawson-Bailey families. This doesn’t make sense. Please help us find Rabiah’s killer. Thank you.”

Detectives are investigating to see if anyone living with Ahmad may have been targeted, since she lived with her boyfriend and other friends at the location on Dovecote Drive in Columbia. A GoFundMe has also been set up for Ahmad's family.

Tips can be submitted to the Howard County Police Department at 410-313-STOP or HCPDCrimeTips@howardcountymd.gov. Callers can remain anonymous. Police are also encouraging residents in the area to check their doorbell and security footage for any activity last evening, especially around 11 p.m. which is the approximate time the incident occurred.