Mackenzie Shirilla to be sentenced in deadly Strongsville crash

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 02:11:16 +0000

19-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla will soon learn her fate when she's sentenced today on multiple charges in connection with a deadly 2022 crash that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Dominic Russo and 19-year-old Davion Flanagan.

The sentencing, which is set for 1 p.m., comes one week after Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo found Shirilla guilty of all counts -- including four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide.

“This was not reckless driving. This was murder," Judge Russo said moments before announcing her verdict in the bench trial on Aug. 14.

It's a case that dates back to Sunday, July 31, 2022, when Strongsville police say a crash happened at 6:15 a.m. near the intersection of Progress and Alameda. Upon their arrival, officers say they located a Toyota Camry “with severe damage and full airbag deployments.”

All three occupants inside the vehicle -- including Shirilla -- were unconscious, not breathing and trapped inside the vehicle. Russo (Shirilla's boyfriend) and Flanagan were both pronounced dead at the scene.

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