Man Found Guilty of Murder in Wrong Driveway Shooting of Schuylerville Woman  

FORT EDWARD —A Washington County jury on Jan. 23 found 66-year-old Kevin Monahan guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting of Kaylin Gillis – the Schuylerville woman killed in April 2023 after the vehicle in which she was a passenger mistakenly pulled into Monahan’s driveway in the town of Hebron. 

Gillis was 20 years old. She attended Schuylerville Elementary School in kindergarten and first grade and returned to the district in high school for grades 10-12. 

“It’s a very rural area with dirt roads. It’s easy to get lost,” Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy explained during a press conference staged shortly after the April 15 incident.  “They had been looking for their friend’s house, got mistaken and drove up this driveway,” the sheriff said. “While they were leaving the residence, once they had determined 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… there was clearly no threat from anyone in the vehicle.” 

Sentencing is scheduled for March 1.

“We will never have full closure from the events of that fateful day but do feel justice has prevailed,”  Kaylin Gillis’ father, Andrew, reportedly posted on Facebook shortly after the verdict.  “While we would trade anything to bring Kaylin back, this was the best possible outcome short of her still being here with us. Kaylin got her justice.”