A 23-year-old woman was found dead, shot in the back of her head, in her Queens bedroom earlier this week by police responding to a request for a wellness check, the NYPD confirmed Friday.
The woman, identified as Alexa Ruiz, was discovered unconscious in a first-floor bedroom of her residence on 56th Drive in Maspeth around 8:10 p.m.
Wednesday, police said.It's not clear when Ruiz had last been heard from, nor how long she may have been dead.No arrests have been made and no other details were immediately available.
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