UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A woman is dead after the grandmother of her child fatally shot her and then turned the gun on herself on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Friday.
It happened just before 9 a.m. on East 88th Street between York and East End Avenue, just down the street from the entrance of Gracie Mansion.
Police are investigating the scene of a suspected attempted murder-suicide on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
People out enjoying the day, many with baby strollers, ran for cover when the shots rang out.
The NYPD’s Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that a custody dispute was the cause of the tragic murder-suicide.
Marissa Galloway, 45, had just placed her 1-year-old child in the car and was putting a stroller in the trunk, when the grandmother of her 4-year-old son approached her.
Police say that’s when 65-year-old Cathleen Lee, took out a 9mm Glock and shot Galloway in the head, and then again in the back as she lay in the street at the back of the vehicle.
Lee, of Chicago, then shot herself in the head on the sidewalk. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Galloway was rushed to the hospital where she later died.
There had been an ongoing custody dispute between Galloway and the father of her 4-year-old son.
Kenny said that the 9mm gun was found on the sidewalk next to Lee and that another gun was found in her tote bag.
“She is a retired Cook County probation officer living in New York City with family members for the past three years,” Kenny said.
The NYPD had records of at least five reports of domestic disputes within the family, as well as two other complaint reports.
The child in the car seat was not injured.
The investigation into the murder-suicide remains ongoing.
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