Kaylin Gillis was fatally shot after her car pulled into a wrong driveway in upstate New York. Now her father is seeking justice.
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A man charged with second-degree murder for shooting a 20-year-old woman after the vehicle she was in took a wrong turn into an upstate New York driveway was known for his bitterness towards people driving onto his property by mistake, according to a neighbor.
Kaylin Gillis and her friends mistakenly drove onto the property of Kevin Monahan, 65, on Saturday night in the rural town of Hebron, when Monahan fired at their vehicles as they tried to turn around and killed Gillis, Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy said.
"While they were leaving the residence once they determined that they were at the wrong house, the subject came out on his porch for whatever reason and fired two shots, one of which struck the vehicle that Kaylin was in," Murphy said during a news conference Monday.
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Horrible. Every understanding for any alleged “fear,” Monahan may have felt.
But, having lived on NY mountain property with a mile long wjnding dirt road to the house, I NEVER thought of firing a shot at late night drivers, who admittedly may have been looking for an unoccupied home to party, or worse.
Unconscionable, unless personally at risk.
I bet until now, this man believed strongly in gun rights. I’m sure he is questioning some of his own views due to someone else’s bad decisions on how to use their weapon. RIP to his daughter.🙏🏾
It all depends on how well connected he is to government