Upstate NY woman, 20, fatally shot after turning down wrong driveway

A young woman looking for a friend’s house was shot and killed in upstate New York after she and her friends turned down the wrong driveway, police said Monday.

Kaylin Gillis, 20, was riding in a car in Washington County on Saturday night with three other people, Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy said.

The group turned down a driveway on Patterson Hill Road in Hebron, but quickly realized their error and attempted to leave, according to Murphy.

But as they were leaving, the homeowner stepped outside onto his porch and fired two bullets at the vehicle, police said. One of those bullets struck Gillis.

Officers went to the Hebron home and encountered its owner, Kevin Monahan.

Monahan, 65, “was not cooperative. He would not come out and talk to patrols,” Murphy said. “We had a bit of a situation there.”

After a standoff lasting more than an hour, Monahan surrendered. He was charged with second-degree murder.

Monahan has not said anything of substance to investigators, Murphy said Monday. He remains behind bars in the Warren County jail.

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