Kaylin Gillis’ alleged NY killer Kevin Monahan denied bail

The man accused of fatally shooting an upstate New York woman after she and her friends mistakenly pulled into his driveway was ordered held without bail Wednesday — as her father said, “I hope he dies in jail.”

Andrew Gillis, reeling from the loss of his 20-year-old daughter, Kaylin, lauded Washington County Supreme Court Judge Adam Michelini’s decision to remand Kevin Monahan at a Wednesday afternoon bail hearing.

He called his daughter “a victim of circumstance.”

“Their friend that they were going to see was a half a mile down the road, and I heard a lot of people say that this man’s driveway is wide at the base and it looks like a road,” he told reporters. “And for this man to sit on his porch and fire at a car with no threat angers me so badly.”

Gillis, his daughter’s boyfriend Blake Walsh and Monahan’s wife, Polly, were present in the crowded courtroom.

Monahan, 65, allegedly shot at Gillis and her friends after they mistook his driveway for a friend’s and pulled into his Hebron, New York, property late Saturday, officials have said.

The businessman fired two shots at the vehicle as Walsh, who was driving, was leaving, according to police and Gillis’ father.

Gillis suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Her alleged killer was charged with second-degree murder.

The father of three paused multiple times to collect himself as he spoke Wednesday. He described how he learned of the shooting through Walsh’s mother, recalling how the woman told him, “I just got a call from Blake, and he’s hysterical.”

“Shortly after, we received a call from her friend, and she said to us, ‘I don’t know how to tell you this, but Kaylin’s been shot.’”

By the time he and his wife, Kaylin’s mother, arrived at the scene, Monahan had allegedly barricaded himself in his home with a gun, he said.

“My wife and I ended up going to the sheriff’s substation and that’s when we find out, about 45 minutes to an hour, that she had passed,” Gillis said.

Gillis said his daughter had planned to spend the night in her boyfriend’s hot tub.

“If there’s anything that I’m thankful for, it’s that I got to tell her that I love her before she went out the door,” he went on.

Monahan wore a black suit, blue shirt and tie, shackles around his midsection in court Wednesday.

Chief Assistant District Attorney Christian Morris said Monahan is “known for being confrontational and hot-tempered” — and had a temper tantrum in the same building only days earlier.

“Just last week in this very building at the Department of Motor Vehicles, the defendant caused a scene for having to be required to set an appointment,” Morris said. “He ended up taking photographs of the people in this building and stormed off.”

Defense attorney Kurt Mausert asked for low bail.

He said Monahan called him the night of the shooting and “will voluntarily participate.”

“Due to the severity of the offense, the court will probably intervene some sort of cash or monetary bail,” Mausert added. “I would ask that it be reasonable and not unduly harsh, and it be the least restrictive to ensure my client’s return to these proceedings.” 

Judge Michelini noted that Monahan faces a “significant” prison term even before he’s been indicted.

“We know from the charge here what’s being alleged, and that’s that Kaylin was killed. She’d dead. I don’t think there’s any more serious harm than that.”