A former Fordham University track and field coach was gunned down in a murder-suicide Friday amid a custody dispute over her 4-year-old daughter.
Marisa Galloway, 46, was shot in the head and back on a street in New York City's Upper East Side by her child's grandmother, Kathleen Leigh, 65, according to police. Leigh then killed herself, with Galloway's other 1-year-old daughter sitting in a nearby car seat. Leigh is unrelated to the younger child.
"What we have on video, Ms. Galloway puts the child in the backseat of the car. She is then in the process of putting the stroller in the trunk, where she is approached by Ms. Leigh, who shoots her in the head, and when she's on the ground, shoots her in the back," NYPD Chief Joseph Kenny said.
Police said there had been an ongoing custody dispute between Galloway and the eldest child's father, Kenny Leigh, with at least five domestic dispute reports from the family.
Leigh, a retired probation officer from Chicago, had been living with family members in New York City for the past several years. Two guns were found in her possession after the incident, police said - one used in the shooting and another in her tote bag. Leigh was pronounced dead at the scene.
Galloway, a former track and field coach at Fordham University, was taken to a local hospital where she later died.
"The Fordham University community is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Marisa Galloway, a Fordham alumna who served as a volunteer assistant track and field coach at Fordham for 17 years until 2019," a school spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "While at Fordham, she was a high jumper for the Rams and also participated in sprints and relay teams over her career. She capped her senior season in 2001 by placing third in the high jump at the Metropolitan Championships. We keep Marissa and her loved ones in our thoughts and prayers."
