Dashanna Donovan, 21, was shot to death on September 12, 2025, in East Elmhurst, Queens. After finishing a shift at a local McDonald’s she was sitting outside her aunt’s home on 96th Street, talking on the phone, when a man appeared. She ran into her apartment building and the assailant followed; police found her inside with a gunshot wound to the head and pronounced her dead at the scene. Multiple shell casings and bullet holes in the apartment indicate a violent struggle.

Surveillance captured images of a suspect described as a man in his 20s wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, black pants, black sneakers and carrying a black bookbag. By October 2025 investigators said they believed the killing was domestic violence and focused suspicion on an ex-boyfriend who may have followed Donovan from South Carolina after she had moved back to New York three months earlier to escape an abusive relationship. No arrests have been reported and the suspect has not been publicly identified.

If anyone knew Dashanna, saw the suspect, or has information about the night of September 12, please share tips with the NYPD.