19-year-old Ohio Woman Found Guilty Of Murdering Her Boyfriend And Another Man By Crashing A Car At 100 Mph | The USA Print – THE USA PRINT

A 19-year-old Ohio woman was found guilty of murdering her boyfriend and another man while driving a car that crashed into a building wall at 100 miles per hour..

Nancy Margaret Russo, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge, delivered the verdict against Mackenzie Shirilla following a four-day bench trial in Cleveland last week.

Shirilla, of Strongville, Ohio, was charged by prosecutors with “intentionally causing the accident in an industrial park on July 31, 2022when he was 17 years old, resulting in the deaths of passengers Dominic Russo, 20, and Davion Flanagan, 19.

Mackenzie Shirilla began to cry when Margaret Russo read her verdict that found her guilty of murderfelony assault and aggravated vehicular manslaughter.

In doing so, the judge rejected defense arguments that Shirilla did not intentionally kill Russo and Flanagan, but simply lost control of the Toyota Camry while recklessly driving, as many teenagers do, according to the Cleveland site.

It should be noted that, during the trial, prosecutors pointed to security camera video of the incident that showed the car accelerating “in a controlled manner” up to 100 mph “with intent” before going off the road and crashing into a building. store, according to a report by WKYC-TV.