Overview
- De’Ovryion Elijha Ray, 23, is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the Sept. 12, 2025 shooting of 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan.
- He pleaded not guilty in Queens and was ordered held without bail, with his next court date set for March 6.
- Investigators say video shows Ray approaching Donovan in her East Elmhurst backyard before chasing her into a basement and firing multiple times.
- Prosecutors say he traveled by bus from Virginia to Manhattan, took the subway to Queens, then returned to Virginia Beach the same night.
- Ray was arrested in South Carolina on Oct. 7 on unrelated charges and later extradited to New York under a governor’s warrant.