Throughout his NFL career as a running back for the Baltimore Ravens and the controversy surrounding footage of him beating his then-fiancée unconscious in a hotel elevator, Ray Rice has spoken about how the loss of his father to a drive-by shooting when he was just over one year old played a part in shaping his life.

Rice's tragic upbringing, which he's admitted has been plagued by  intergenerational traumas,  has gotten new attention now that Michael Foster, the man who killed the NFL star's father 38 years ago, has been arrested again, this time for gunning down his own niece.

Foster, 58, was ordered held without bail on Thursday for slaying 39-year-old Julia Anderson during a property dispute, cops said.

Monday's killing was hauntingly similar to Rice's father. Both of Foster's victims were shot. And, despite the nearly four-decade gap, the two killings occurred within a half-mile of each other.

 I have found out that he was a great guy, well known in the community. I think I'm living his life for him through other people,  Rice told the Baltimore Sun about his father in a 2008 interview.  He was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, shot in the back of the head. It was a tragedy, especially for my grandparents, because he was one of two children, the baby of the family. 

Foster gunned Reed down on S. 14th Ave. near W. 3rd St. in Mount Vernon, as his victim walked home from work on Feb. 9, 1988, according to reports. Cops at the time said the shooting appeared drug related.

Reed, 19, was a supermarket stock clerk and a body builder, according to the Rockland/Westchester Journal News.

Foster was arrested about three years after killing Reed and charged with murder and weapon possession. He was just about to go to trial in 1991 when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and criminal use of a firearm.

He served seven years and three months in prison before being paroled in 1999, state Department of Corrections records show. His parole ended in 2003.


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