After the car, she was riding in accidentally went to the incorrect address and was met with gunshots in the driveway, a woman in upstate New York who was seeking a friend’s residence was shot to death, according to investigators.
On Saturday night, Kaylin Gillis, 20, and three other passengers were going through the little village of Hebron when they took the wrong route and ended up on the property.
According to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy, the homeowner, 65-year-old Kevin Monahan, came onto his porch as they attempted to turn the car around and fired two rounds.
A bullet struck Gillis.
According to Murphy, who noted that the incident occurred in an area with spotty cell phone coverage, the group traveled to the nearby town of Salem, northeast of Albany and close to the Vermont state line, and dialed 911.
When the emergency crews came, they tried CPR on Gillis but were unsuccessful.
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Monahan reportedly refused to come out when police showed up at his home to look into the incident, according to Murphy.
Before being brought into custody, according to the sheriff, authorities spoke with him for approximately an hour over the phone and in person.
On the basis of a second-degree murder accusation, Monahan was lodged in the Warren County jail. It wasn’t known if he had a lawyer to speak for him.
According to the Times Union of Albany, Murphy claimed at a news conference on Monday that Gillis, a resident of Schuylerville, “was an innocent young girl who was out with friends looking for another friend’s house.” There was, he claimed, “no reason for Mr. Monahan to feel threatened.”
Days before, in Kansas City, Missouri, 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot and injured after going to the incorrect house to pick up his younger brothers.
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