UES shooter Kathleen Leigh had a note in her pocket when she killed ex-daughter-in-law, herself: sources

The terminally ailing retired probation officer who gunned down her ex-daughter-in-law on the Higher East Facet — earlier than killing herself — had a mysterious word in her pocket when she died, sources advised The Publish.

The word had the phrases, “For Police” written on it, the supply mentioned.

It was present in Kathleen Leigh’s pants after she killed ex-daughter-in-law Marisa Galloway, on East 88th Road Friday morning — a slaying police say was sparked by a bitter custody feud involving Leigh’s granddaughter.

The contents of the word weren’t instantly clear.

A mom of two, Galloway, 45, had simply put her 1-year-old daughter into the backseat of a parked white Honda Civic throughout an obvious custody switch-off when Leigh shot her within the head and again, cops mentioned.

Leigh then took her personal life. The child was not harmed within the taking pictures.

The particular schooling instructor was locked in a custody battle over the 4-year-old woman she shared with Leigh’s son.

Leigh, a 65-year-old retired Cook dinner County, Illinois, probation officer, had been battling terminal most cancers and was dwelling along with her son on East 79th Road whereas she acquired remedy.

Leigh’s daughter declined to remark Saturday when reached by the Publish.

The grandmother ceaselessly complained to neighbors that Galloway was abusing the 4-year-old woman — a picture which didn’t match with descriptions supplied by the youthful lady’s neighbors of a caring, loving mom.

“She was so fantastic and she or he liked her children,” one resident in Galloway’s East 86th Road house constructing advised The Publish, with tears streaming down her face.

Between July and November 2021, police took 5 home incidents reviews involving Galloway and her ex. The daddy complained in a number of reviews that his daughter got here house with bruises, in line with sources.

Two led to Administration for Kids’s Providers complaints, and have been later deemed unfounded, sources mentioned.

The 2 shared custody after they cut up, with the daddy having custody Friday by way of Monday whereas Galloway had their daughter the remainder of the week, sources mentioned.

Leigh shot Galloway as soon as within the moments after she had loaded her youthful daughter and a stroller into the automotive, fired one other shot into her again whereas Galloway laid on the bottom — then shot herself within the head, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny mentioned police noticed on safety footage.

Galloway was discovered coated in blood however nonetheless respiratory, slumped close to the automotive’s rear, whereas Leigh lay on the bottom close by, witnesses and sources mentioned. Two handguns have been recovered.

Leigh was pronounced useless on the scene. Galloway was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Middle, the place docs declared her useless on arrival, Kenny mentioned.

Extra reporting by Georgett Roberts, Dean Balsamini and Georgia Worrell