Murder of Kaylin Gillis
| Killing of Kaylin Gillis | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hebron, New York, U.S. |
| Date | April 15, 2023 |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | Kaylin Gillis |
| Accused | Kevin D. Monahan |
| Charges | Second-degree murder |
On April 15, 2023, 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis was shot and killed in Hebron, New York after the car in which she was traveling turned onto the wrong driveway. The alleged shooter, Kevin D. Monahan, was arrested after a standoff and taken into custody, where he was charged with second-degree murder.[1] The shooting came two days after the shooting of Ralph Yarl in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]
Incident
Kaylin Gillis was killed on April 15, 2023, just before 10 p.m., in Washington County, an upstate New York county that borders Vermont.[3] Gillis and her friends were looking for a friend's house. Their vehicle was being driven by her boyfriend. Their car and another vehicle mistakenly pulled into the driveway of Kevin D. Monahan, who lived on a ridgetop plot in the rural town of Hebron, on Patterson Hill Road.[3][4]
After turning into the wrong driveway, the group realized they had the wrong address, and began to back the vehicle out of the driveway to leave. Gillis was one of four people in the last car to pull away.[3] As the group was leaving, Monahan exited his home and fired two shots at the vehicle[3][5] using a 20-gauge shotgun.[6] Unable to get cellphone reception in Hebron, the group drove towards the neighboring town of Salem, New York, where they were able to reach 9-1-1.[7]
After police arrived at Monahan's home, there was an hour-long standoff, in which Monahan initially refused to surrender to police officers and state troopers; he was on the phone with a police dispatcher and with his attorney for part of the standoff.[6]
Victim
Gillis grew up in Schuylerville, New York and graduated from Schuylerville High School in 2021.[3][8]
Accused
Monahan, age 65, was charged with second-degree murder.[9][10]
Monahan had lived in his home for about 20 years at the time of the shooting.[6] Longtime neighbors described him as frequently hostile, sour, and sometimes confrontational.[6][3] He had no criminal record in New York state.[6] He was arrested and charged in Vermont with aggravated assault with a weapon in 2001, but that charge was dismissed.[6]
After his arrest, Monahan was briefly taken to the Washington County Correctional Facility in Fort Edward (where Gillis's father is a correctional officer).[6][11] Monahan was then taken 45 miles (72 km) away to Warren County, where he is being held at the Warren County Jail in Lake George.[4]
He was arraigned in Washington County Court on April 16 and pleaded not guilty.[4] At a detention hearing the next day, Monahan was denied bail.[6][11] During the hearing, the prosecuting attorney said that Monahan's reputation as "confrontational and hot-tempered"—in addition to the seriousness of the crime—weighed in favor of pretrial detention.[6]
References
- ^ Ly, Laura (2023-04-18). "A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed after her friend turned into the wrong driveway in upstate New York, officials say". CNN. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Shanahan, Ed (2023-04-18). "Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of Woman Who Went Up Wrong Driveway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ a b c d e f Jesse McKinley, Hurubie Meko and Jay Root, New Details Emerge in Deadly Upstate Shooting of Woman in Wrong Driveway Archived 2023-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times (April 18, 2023).
- ^ a b c Planas, Antonio; Stelloh, Tim (April 18, 2023). "Boyfriend of N.Y. woman who was gunned down in the wrong driveway recalls her final moments". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ Nguyen, Thao (April 18, 2023). "New York woman driven to wrong address fatally shot by homeowner, sheriff says". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kathleen Moore, Steve Hughes & Rebekah F. Ward, Suspect in Kaylin Gillis killing denied bail Archived 2023-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Albany Times-Union (April 19, 2023).
- ^ "Woman shot dead in New York state after a friend drove into wrong driveway". The Guardian. 2023-04-18. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Caton Deuso, Schuylerville school officials remember graduate shot and killed in Hebron Archived 2023-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, The Post-Star (April 18, 2023).
- ^ "Monahan Criminal Complaint - State Of New York Vs. Kevin D. Monahan (DOB 10/28/57)" (PDF). WNYT-TV. 2023-04-18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ "65-year-old kills 20-year-old in unincorporated New York". NPR. 2023-04-18. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ a b Jesse McKinley, Jay Root, and Chelsia Rose Marcius, Victim's Father Breaks Down as Bail Is Denied in Wrong-Driveway Shooting Archived 2023-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times (April 19, 2023).