The NYPD on Tuesday released surveillance images of the suspected gunman who allegedly shot a young woman to death inside her East Elmhurst home on the night of Friday, Sept. 12.
Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at 26-30 96th St. at 9:20 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan with a gunshot wound to the head. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.
The motive behind the fatal shooting has not yet been determined, a police spokesman said. There are no arrests, and the homicide investigation remains ongoing.
The suspect is described as having a medium to dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with a white Under Armor logo across the chest, a black face covering, black pants, black sneakers and a black bookbag.
A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are confidential.
Through Sept. 14, the 115th Precinct has reported a half dozen murders so far in 2025, two more than the four reported at the same point last year, an increase of 50%, according to the most recent CompStat report.
