A 20-year-old woman was shot dead after her friend pulled into the driveway of a home that they mistakenly believed belonged to another friend, authorities said Monday.
Kevin Monahan, 65, is alleged to have fired at the car after the group of four friends realized they were pulling into the wrong driveway and were leaving the home in Hebron, about 50 miles north of Albany.
Kaylin Gillis, 20 years old, was pronounced dead several miles southeast of the home, a county sheriff's office said in a statement.
The group had driven to the site after the car was fired on, Murphy said.
Monahan faces charges of second-degree murder and is being held in Warren County Jail.
This is a very sad case of some young adults who were looking for a friend's house and ended up at this man's house, Mr. Murphy said.
She was a young girl that was taken way too young, he said.
The friends had been in the driveway a short time when Murphy said Monahan fired two shots from the porch of his home.
One bullet hit the car, he said.
Murphy said there appears to be no interaction between the group and Monahan before the shots were fired.
There was clearly no threat from anyone in the car, he said.
Government officials were alerted to the shooting shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday, when Gillis Friends dialed 911 after Monahan is alleged to have opened fire, Murphy said.
The area where Gillis was shot is rural, with no cell or internet service, and the friends had driven a few miles away to call 911, Murphy said.
Monahan, whom Murphy described as a laborer and a longtime resident of the home, was uncooperative when deputies responded, she said.
Murphy said a motive remained unknown and Monahan said nothing about why he would have opened fire.
It's not clear whether Monahan has a lawyer to speak on his behalf.