A 20-year-old woman on her way to a friend’s house in upstate New York was driven to the wrong address and was quickly shot to death by the homeowner.
A woman looking for a friend’s house in upstate New York was shot to death after the car she was riding in mistakenly went to the wrong address and was met with gunfire in the driveway, authorities said Monday.
Kaylin Gillis, 20, was traveling through the rural town of Hebron with three other people Saturday night when the group made aThey were trying to turn the car around when the homeowner, Kevin Monahan, 65, came out onto his porch and fired two shots, according to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy.
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.Ralph Yarl went to the wrong Kansas City, Mo., home to pick up his brothers and was shot in the head. An 84-year-old white man has been charged with assault.
Monahan was booked into the Warren County jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. It wasn’t clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. Murphy said at a news conference Monday that Gillis, who lived in Schuylerville, “was an innocent young girl who was out with friends looking for another friend’s house,” according to the Times Union of Albany. He said there was ”no reason for Mr. Monahan to feel threatened.”
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