Kevin D Monahan Charged For murdering Kaylin A Gillis: Sheriff’ A New York man who allegedly shot at a vehicle that mistakenly drove up his driveway, killing an “innocent young girl” who was inside, is now facing murder charges.
There was no reason for the defendant, Kevin D. Monahan, 65, to feel threatened when victim, Kaylin A. Gillis, 20, and three other young people pulled up to his home, said Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey J. Murphy in a press conference on Monday.
Kevin D Monahan Charged For murdering Kaylin A Gillis: Sheriff
Deputies said that Gillis was in the passenger seat of the vehicle on Saturday night while she and three other young people were looking for another friend’s home. Murphy described the area as rural, without a lot of cellular service or internet. Finally, the group reached Monahan’s home in the town of Hebron.
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“Unfortunately, they drove up this driveway,” the sheriff told reporters.
Deputies claim Monahan, the homeowner, fired at least two shots while on his front porch. One struck Gillis. The vehicle quickly left the scene. They finally managed to reach 911 amid poor cell reception in the nearby town of Salem, Murphy said. Deputies responded at 9:53 p.m.
“Through the preliminary investigation it was learned that the vehicle the victim was in mistakenly pulled into the driveway at the Patterson Hill Road address,” deputies wrote.
Murphy said Gillis was an “innocent young girl” from a good family, which he knew personally.
