A woman was shot and killed inside her home in a quiet, family-friendly section of Queens Wednesday afternoon, police said
The shooting occurred just after 2 p.m. in Ozone Park, according to police who responded to reports of a woman shot inside a home on 109th Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a 51-uear-old woman unconscious and unresponsive, with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police said one of the shots was to the woman's head, and that a total of three shots were fired, two of which struck the victim, later identified as Anna Torres. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe the suspect opened fire as Torres came to her front door.
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