A woman fatally shot her former daughter-in-law before killing herself on the Upper East Side Friday, police said.
NEW YORK â The shooting took place around 9 a.m. on East 88th Street â just half a block away from the mayor's residence, Gracie Mansion.The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Marisa Galloway, a single mother of two girls, ages 1 and 4.Police said 65-year-old Kathleen Leigh, the grandmother of Galloway's 4-year-old daughter, shot Galloway before shooting herself.
Police sources said Galloway had made five domestic incident reports and filed two complaint reports against him.According to police, Leigh was a retired Cook County, Illinois probation officer who is believed to have been living in New York City with family members for the past three years.Marisa Galloway remembered as 'wonderful mother,' friendly neighborNeighbors described Galloway as a friendly neighbor who loved to run.
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