A 23-year-old woman was found dead, shot in the back of her head, on the floor of 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 just after 8 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her father was the one who asked cops to check in on her.
It's not clear when Ruiz had last been heard from, nor how long she may have been dead. Neighbors told NBC New York that she had lived in the building for less than a year and worked in a nail salon. In recent days, she was seen outside her apartment arguing with someone on her phone.
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No arrests have been made and no other details were immediately available. NYPD investigators were going door-to-door in the area, hunting for clues and the potential killer.
