A tragic incident occurred in Hebron, New York, when a homeowner shot and killed a 20-year-old woman who had pulled into his driveway by mistake.
Kaylin Gillis was in a car with three other passengers on their way to a friend’s house on Saturday night when their vehicle mistakenly pulled into the driveway of Kevin Monahan, 65.
Realizing their mistake, the driver attempted to turn the car around, but Monahan came out and fired two shots from his front porch, hitting Gillis. The group drove to Salem, a neighboring town, to get help, but Gillis was declared dead.
Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy provided details about the incident at a press conference on Monday. He mentioned that when the deputies arrived at Monahan’s home to investigate, the man refused to cooperate and stayed in his home for over an hour. Monahan was arrested on second-degree murder charges after he spoke with law enforcement officials.
The sheriff described the event as “very sad” and mentioned that no one in the car had left the vehicle or interacted with Monahan while they were in his driveway. He emphasized that there was no threat from anyone in the car, and there was no reason for Monahan to have felt threatened.
This shooting incident occurred shortly after another tragedy in Kansas City, Missouri, where a black teenager, Ralph Yarl, was shot twice by Andrew Lester, 84, a white homeowner, when he arrived at the wrong address to pick up his siblings. The incident has sparked outrage across the country.