Estranged husband charged with murder in fatal shooting of 25-year-old Marine veteran
Ivy Unruh was shot on April 17 and died three days later, police said.
The estranged husband of a 25-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting the Kansas woman in a domestic violence incident, police said.
Ivy Unruh was shot outside a Wichita apartment complex the morning of April 17, police said. Officers responding to a reported shooting found her with a gunshot wound to her upper body, police said.
Her husband, 29-year-old Joshua Orlando, was taken into custody at the scene and initially booked for aggravated battery, police said. A firearm was also recovered at the scene, police said.
Unruh was taken to a local hospital in grave condition and died from her injuries on Monday, according to police.
Orlando was subsequently charged Tuesday with first-degree premeditated murder, police said. The complaint alleges he "intentionally" and "with premeditation" killed Unruh in a domestic violence offense.
He remains booked on a $1.5 million bond and is set to appear in court on May 5 for a preliminary hearing.
Orlando has not yet entered a plea, court records show. ABC News has reached out to his attorneys for comment.
Unruh and Orlando were married but separated, Wichita police said.
Unruh served in the Marine Corps from 2020 to 2024, reaching the rank of sergeant last year while in the Individual Ready Reserve, according to the Marine Corps. She was last assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego and had been awarded medals for good conduct, among others.
She had worked for PBS Kansas in Wichita as a broadcast engineer. PBS Kansas President Victor Hogstrom expressed shock at her killing.
"When I heard about it and I was first informed, the first thing I did was slam the desk with my two hands -- bang! What? That was my reaction. I couldn't believe it," Hogstrom told ABC Wichita affiliate KAKE.
"It makes no sense to me," he told the station.
Hogstrom remembered Unruh as someone who was "very motivated" and "trustworthy."
A fundraiser for Unruh's family said she was a "strong, courageous woman" who "served her country with honor, strength, and selflessness."
"To those who knew her, she was more than a Marine -- she was a daughter, a sister, and a friend who brought light into the lives of others," it said. "She had the courage to walk away from a dangerous situation, yet tragically, her life was still taken."
In an update posted to the fundraising site, Unruh's family noted that her donated organs saved six people, saying she "planned to continue being a hero and saving lives even after she was no longer with us."
ABC News' Luis Martinez contributed to this report.
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