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A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a young woman who was in a car that mistakenly pulled into his driveway in rural upstate New York, authorities said.
The incident occurred on Saturday night just before 10 p.m. ET in the small town of Hebron, some 60 miles northeast of Albany. A group of four young adults were looking for a friend’s house in the area when they drove their car up the wrong driveway. They were turning around upon realizing their error when the homeowner, identified as 65-year-old Kevin Monahan — came outside with a gun and fired at their vehicle, according to Washington County Sheriff Jeffrey Murphy.
„It’s a very rural area, it’s dirt roads, there’s not a lot of cellular service or any type of internet,“ Murphy said during a press conference on Monday. „It’s easy to get lost.