A Queens man is facing murder and weapons charges for allegedly killing his father in their home late Saturday night, according to NYPD officials.

Police said 25-year-old Carl Muraco was arrested Sunday morning after officers found his father, 76-year-old John Muraco, fatally stabbed in their house on 102nd Street near 159th Avenue in Howard Beach.

Detectives on Monday were still investigating the motive behind the attack, and a judge ordered Muraco held without bail at his arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. His lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.

Police also said they were still looking for whomever shot a woman to death at her East Elmhurst home Friday night. Officers found 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan around 9:30 p.m. with a gunshot wound to her head in her building on 96th Street near Astoria Boulevard.

Donovan was pronounced dead at the scene. Police did not have a description of a possible motive as of early Tuesday, but said they were looking for a man who was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, black pants, black sneakers and a black bookbag.

A surveillance image of the man police say they're looking for in connection with Dashanna Donovan's death on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Homicides are relatively rare in the 106th Precinct, which includes Howard Beach, according to NYPD data. Three people have been killed there so far this year, the same total as by this point last year.

Police data shows homicides are up slightly in the 115th Precinct, which includes East Elmhurst, with six people killed this year, compared to four at this time in 2024. Ten other women have been fatally shot across the city so far this year, according to police reports compiled by Gothamist.

This is a developing story based on information from police and has been updated with additional details.