CLEVELAND, OH — Mackenzie Shirilla, 20, has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years for the intentional car crash that killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend, Davion Flanagan, 19.
In August 2023, Shirilla was convicted in a bench trial of multiple charges, including murder, after surveillance footage revealed she deliberately drove into a brick wall at high speed. The crash occurred after Shirilla slowly turned from Pearl Road onto Alameda Drive before accelerating down the street and crashing, killing both passengers.
“The video clearly shows the purpose and intent of the defendant,” Judge Nancy Margaret Russo said during sentencing. “She chose a course of death and destruction that day.”…