The homeowner accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman when an SUV she was in turned into the wrong driveway was described in court Wednesday as a man with a reputation for being “hot-tempered.”
Wearing a jacket, dress shirt and shackles, Kevin Monahan sat next to his attorney in a Washington County Courtroom as prosecutors argued he was a flight risk. Charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Kaylin Gillis, Monahan faces sentences, if convicted, of a minimum of 15 years to life and a maximum of 25 years to life in prison. He previously pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Authorities have said Monahan, 65, fired at a Ford Explorer from his porch on Saturday after a group of four friends realized they’d pulled into the wrong driveway and were leaving his home in Hebron, roughly 50 miles north of Albany.
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One of the two shots hit Gillis, an aspiring marine biologist who was pronounced dead several miles away after the group called 911.
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