In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, November 9, 2025, 24-year-old Chariyah Woods was fatally shot in the 200 block of Pittston Circle in Owings Mills, Maryland. Baltimore County Police from the Franklin Precinct responded about 1:50 a.m. and found Woods and an adult man with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a local hospital; Woods died of her injuries and the man was reported in stable condition.

Homicide detectives classified Woods’s death as a suspicious death and focused their inquiry on the relationship between Woods and the injured man and whether he was a suspect. On November 12, 2025, authorities described the shooting as an isolated incident involving only the injured parties. No suspect has been publicly named and no arrests have been announced. The investigation remains active.

If anyone knew Chariyah, the injured man, or has information about what happened that morning, please come forward to investigators.