The entitled conduct of a youngster dubbed “hell on wheels” was caught on bodycam throughout her arrest. Mackenzie Shirilla was on “a mission of loss of life,” mentioned a decide, when she deliberately drove 100 mph right into a brick wall, killing her boyfriend, 20-year-old Dominic Russo, and his buddy, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan.
New footage of her arrest launched by Regulation & Crime exhibits the Ohio lady asking a police officer to watch out of her jewellery as he switches her handcuffs.
“Might you please watch out taking this one off so it doesn’t break the bracelet, please?” she mentioned as an officer started to change her handcuffs. Shirilla was carrying at the very least six bracelets on the time, and the officer complied together with her request. Changing {the handcuffs} as gently as attainable, he mentioned, “I’m not going to tighten these, OK? I don’t need to harm you.” She was then transferred to a different police car, the place video footage exhibits her within the again seat wanting bewildered and in a state of shock.
“Idk, guys… I in all probability would have snapped that bracelet proper off her wrist and let it fall to the bottom. Lady had extra thought given to some dumb piece of knickknack than human life….” wrote one within the feedback part. “Will need to have been a ‘friendship’ bracelet given to her by the boyfriend she killed,” quipped one other.
It was the day earlier than Shirilla’s 18th birthday when she crashed into the constructing in Strongsville, Ohio, on July 31, 2022, killing each of her passengers. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an energetic ingredient in marijuana, was present in her system above the authorized restrict. Although police initially speculated it was a mechanical drawback or a horrific DUI, investigators uncovered proof that pointed to intentional homicide or a murder-suicide try, together with a surveillance video displaying her driving slowly round a nook after which abruptly accelerating. Shirilla, who additionally was injured within the crash, was arrested months in a while Nov. 4, 2022.
A forensic mechanic testified that her automotive’s occasion knowledge recorder confirmed that seconds earlier than the crash, the accelerator pedal was pushed down at full capability with no utility of the brake, WKYC reported.
Moreover, prosecutors argued that she had a turbulent relationship together with her boyfriend and had made violent threats up to now, as soon as telling Russo she would crash her automotive with him in it. Shirilla maintained her innocence all through the trial, nonetheless, and referred to her boyfriend of three years as her “soulmate.”
At her sentencing, the decide identified that the thought of suicide was “irrelevant” on this case: “It’s necessary to keep in mind that even when Mackenzie additionally meant to die on this crash, that’s irrelevant. A failed suicide try shouldn’t be a protection to homicide.” She additionally famous a “stunning lack of regret” within the instant aftermath of the crash, agreeing with prosecutors who produced social media clips that confirmed the bikini-clad defendant at live performance in a wheelchair and one other video of her dancing and partying on Halloween.
The decide in the end discovered her responsible of 12 counts, together with 4 counts of homicide, saying in her verdict remarks that she was “literal hell on wheels.” Shirilla was given concurrent life sentences with the opportunity of parole after 15 years. In September 2024, she appealed the double homicide, arguing inadequate proof and clerical errors, however her conviction was upheld.
