Savage gunman chased 21-year-old into her Queens apartment before shooting her in the head: police sources

A 21-year-old Queens woman was brutally gunned down after being chased into her own home by a “mystery” man who sprayed multiple rounds before striking her in the head, police and sources said Saturday. Dashanna Donovan was found with a fatal bullet wound to the head around 9:30 p.m.Friday when officers responded to a call about an assault at 96th Street near 31st Avenue in East Elmhurst, cops said. Several shell casings were scattered across the floor of Donovan’s apartment and the walls were riddled with bullet holes, police sources said. “I heard she saw the person and she ran so it’s definitely someone she knew,” her mom Helena Hypolite told The Post by phone.

“Who? We don’t know.  It’s definitely a mystery.”Surveillance video from outside the building showed the brute chasing the young woman into the apartment with a firearm, the sources said.But it remains unclear what the relationship between the victim and her killer was, cops said.There had been no arrests as of Saturday afternoon.“I’m hurt,” the heartbroken mom said.

“I feel broken like a piece of me is gone.”A neighbor said he was sitting across the street when he heard the shots.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.“We were sitting outside enjoying the last of the summer,” said the man, who wished to remain anonymous.

“I heard three shots — pop, pop, pop — one after the other.”“It was coming from around the back,” he said pointing across the street at the attached house.“I didn’t see anything, I just heard it.  We were scared. “We ran inside because we didn’t know what was happening.”Donovan, who was born on the US Virgin Island of St.

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