One of the bullets struck the woman,Kaylin Gillis,20,and the group drove about 10 kilometres to a nearby town before they got through to 911,Murphy said. Emergency services workers responded and performed lifesaving measures on Gillis,but she was pronounced dead,the sheriff said.
Murphy described the killing of Gillis,who lived in Schuylerville,New York,about 30 kilometres from where the shooting happened,as “very sad”. He said he knew “for a fact that she comes from a good family” that he knew personally.
“She was an innocent young girl who was out with friends looking for another friend’s house,” the sheriff said,adding,“Unfortunately,they drove up this driveway.”
Monahan was being held at a local jail and was expected to appear before a county court judge “in the near future”,Murphy said.
Kurt Mausert,a lawyer for Monahan,said his client owned a contracting business,had lived in Washington County for 30 years and had no previous convictions.
“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.”