Kevin Monahan, 65, shot 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis after a car she was riding in with friends made a wrong turn on his property

A man was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove up his rural driveway in upstate New York.

A jury found Kevin Monahan, 66, guilty of second-degree murder for shooting 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis on a Saturday night last April after she and her friends pulled into his long, curving driveway near the Vermont border while they were trying to find another house.

The group’s caravan of two cars and a motorcycle began leaving once they realized their mistake. Authorities said Monahan came out to his porch and fired twice from his shotgun, with the second shot hitting Gillis in the neck as she sat in the front passenger seat of an SUV driven by her boyfriend.

  • @TheFonz
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    3711 months ago

    Per the NBC article, it took them an hour to arrest the guy:

    When officers arrived at Monahan’s house to investigate the shooting, he refused to come out, Murphy said. Authorities spoke with him through a 911 dispatcher and in person for about an hour before he was taken into custody, according to the sheriff.

    How wild is that

    • @AstridWipenaugh
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      5911 months ago

      That sounds like good police work. They knew where the person was, went to the area, and used their words to resolve the situation. If only all cops could show this kind of restraint and patience when apprehending a suspect…

        • @[email protected]
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          1211 months ago

          While police shooting black people is a problem, police not shooting white people is a lot less problematic.

          • @laughterlaughter
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            611 months ago

            I know what you’re trying to say, but man if it doesn’t sound wrong!

        • @AeonFelis
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          511 months ago

          Understandable. This one might actually shoot back.