20-year-old Kaylin Gillis was fatally shot by a homeowner when the car she was in turned into the wrong driveway in upstate New York on Saturday. A 65-year-old suspect was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty.
” laws according to which a would-be shooter defending life or property does not have to retreat before taking violent action.
Two shots were fired, one striking Gillis, who was sitting in the passenger seat, according to authorities. Gillis was pronounced dead several miles southeast of the home on Paterson Hill Road, where shots were fired.Gillis was a big sister, daughter and devoted friend, her family said in a statement shared with NBC News.
She just turned 20 in February, according to public records and a verified GoFundMe page created to raise money for Gillis' funeral expenses.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kaylin Gillis tributes flood in for woman fatally shot in New YorkKaylin Gillis, 20, was fatally shot by a homeowner in upstate New York after the car she was riding in mistakenly went to the wrong address, authorities said.
Read more »
The Gun Lobby's Fearmongering Enabled the Shootings of Kaylin Gillis & Ralph YarlGillis was shot and killed for pulling into the wrong driveway in New York. Yarl was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell of the wrong house in Missouri.
Read more »
NY homeowner had stand-off with cops, showed ‘no remorse’ over Kaylin Gillis shooting: sheriffKevin Monahan allegedly shot Kaylin Gillis dead when she and her friends were trying to turn their car around and exit the driveway of his upstate New York property on Saturday night.
Read more »
Suspect in Kaylin Gillis shooting has shown 'no remorse': SheriffKevin Monohan reportedly would not speak to deputies when they came to arrest him and had retained a lawyer before leaving his house.
Read more »