Outside a Mountain Ridge apartment building Wednesday morning, a family grieved.

Their daughter and sister, Natasha Renee Harris, was killed the night before in the parking lot outside the Glen Burnie apartment complex.

Police responded to the 200 block of Snow Cap Court shortly before 8 p.m. and found her lying on the pavement. Harris was transported to University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center, where police said she was pronounced dead. Harris, 30, worked at the hospital.

“She never bothered anybody. She never hurt anybody. She worked at the hospital right over there and she died right here,” her brother Terrance Harris said, standing close to where blood had recently been washed away.

Overcome with emotion, embracing one another, the rest of Harris’ family, including her parents, declined to comment.

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Washington Medical Center said the hospital community was devastated to learn of Harris’ death.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Natasha’s family members as well as her colleagues at the hospital,” they wrote, adding grief counselors were available to help Harris’ colleagues.

According to court records, Harris was the mother of a 6-year-old child and involved in a custody battle in Howard County with a former partner.

Attempts to call a phone number listed as belonging to Harris’ former partner were unsuccessful, and an email request for comment was not immediately returned.

Police said they collected evidence and interviewed several witnesses.

Anne Arundel Police spokesperson Marc Limansky said the department would not be naming any suspects Wednesday but that detectives are “not ruling anything out,” and are trying to connect with anyone who may have had contact with Harris before the shooting.

Harris became the 13th homicide victim in Anne Arundel County this year. The case is the 10th investigated by the county’s police department. The other three were assumed by Annapolis Police detectives.

Killings so far this year are down significantly from a year ago. On Oct. 30, 2023, Forrest Allen Ryan became the county’s 20th homicide victim of the year after being shot on the side of a road in Arnold.

As of Wednesday, no suspects have been identified in Ryan’s death.

Of the 13 homicide investigations this year, city and county police have identified suspects or persons of interest in eight.

Eleven of Anne Arundel County’s homicide victims were shot, according to records maintained by the Capital Gazette, while two were stabbed.

Anyone with information that could help this investigation is asked to contact detectives at 410-222-4731. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are encouraged to call the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line at 410-222-4700 or contact Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP or metrocrimestoppers.org/submit-a-tip.

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