Background: The gas station and shops in Baltimore, Maryland, where the victim was shot (WJZ/YouTube). Inset: Layla Bailey (Facebook/Mary Bailey).
A woman on FaceTime with her fiance went to a Maryland gas station for snacks — only to be killed in the crossfire of dozens of bullets, according to her family and police.
Layla Bailey, 34, was killed alongside Dashawn McCoy, 20, according to the Baltimore Police Department. Investigators have not announced any arrests in their deaths.
On Oct. 18 at about 10:30 p.m., Bailey was at a gas station on the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue in Baltimore. She was preparing for her next shift with the Baltimore Department of Public Works when, while on FaceTime with her fiance, she went to grab some snacks, according to her mother, Mary Bailey.
Suddenly, gunfire rang out. At least three gunmen fired shots with high-powered weapons, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said, detailing how 46 rounds in total were fired.
"She'd even put her work clothes in the washing machine. She went out there to get snacks. To get snacks! That's it. And she's gone because she went to get snacks," the mother told local CBS affiliate WJZ. "Nobody should have to die because they want to go get a bag of chips and soda or something like that. They should not have to die for that."
The fiance said she could hear the shots and Layla Bailey say, "Call mama. I'm shot!"
Layla Bailey reportedly fell to the ground but was able to get up and reach her vehicle.
"Her fiance said all she saw from the camera was her forehead … and she got up and crawled into her car and closed the door. I guess she thought maybe I can drive off because the car was running, but they shot through the car," Mary Bailey added.
In addition to Layla Bailey and McCoy being shot and killed, three other people were injured, authorities said.
Police have not shared whether McCoy or any of the other victims were targets in the shooting. Layla Bailey, though, was an innocent bystander, Clarence Thomas, the vice president of her union, told the TV station.
"She was minding her business," Thomas said. "She had just worked that day. It was her time off. She decided to run to the store to get a few things to go back in the house to get ready for work the next day, and unfortunately, that was the last time for her. She was a victim of a crime. She was at the wrong place at the wrong time."
Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland is offering $8,000 for information leading to an arrest in the shooting. Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 410-396-2411 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.