Guilty Verdict Delivered in Upstate New York’s Wrong-Driveway Shooting Case
In a tragic incident that unfolded on a quiet Saturday night in rural upstate New York, a man has been found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting a young woman who mistakenly drove up his driveway. The defendant, Kevin Monahan, 66, fired two shots from his shotgun, with one of them tragically hitting 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis in the neck, causing her death. The incident occurred in the town of Hebron, approximately 55 miles north of Albany.
On the night of April 15, Kaylin Gillis and a group of friends were trying to find their way to a friend's house for a Saturday night party when they inadvertently drove up Kevin Monahan's half-mile-long driveway. The group consisted of two cars and a motorcycle, and it became clear to them that they had made a wrong turn. They began t...