Kaylin Gillis was shot by Kevin Monahan when she and a group of friends ended up in front of his home in a remote area of upstate New York. The driver of the vehicle she was riding in allegedly made a mistake and entered the incorrect driveway, which is when the whole incident took place.
Who was Kaylin Gillis?
Kaylin Gillis was a 20-year-old woman from Schuylerville, New York, about 20 miles from where the shooting happened. She went to the wrong address while trying to find a friend’s residence in upstate New York and was fatally shot by the homeowner.
According to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy, Kaylin Gillis was traveling in the vehicle with three other people on Saturday night when they accidentally turned into the wrong property on Paterson Hill Road in Hebron.
“While they were leaving the residence after 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. Gillis was struck by one of the bullets.
Around 10 p.m., when shots were fired, Gillis and the friends fled in order to contact for assistance in a nearby town because there was no solid mobile reception in the area, according to Murphy. When first responders arrived at the car, Gillis had already been declared dead.
Murphy claims that there was no interaction between the friends in the car and the homeowner. The friends’ group never got out of the car either.
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Kevin Monahan, 65, was detained in a nearby jail and was scheduled to go before a county court judge “shortly,” according to Sheriff Murphy. Monahan’s attorney, Kurt Mausert, said that his client had no prior convictions, owned a contracting business, and had lived in Washington County for 30 years.
“My preliminary view of this case is that it was a series of errors which resulted in a tragedy,” Mausert said. “It is too soon to say more than that.”
