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Aug 2, 2022 · FUNERAL HOME. A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Homes - Middleburg Heights. 18149 Bagley Road. Middleburg Heights, Ohio. DOMINIC RUSSO Obituary. age 20. Beloved son of Christine (nee Agnello) and...
Jul 31, 2022 · Dominic Anthony Russo. DOMINIC RUSSO, age 20. Beloved son of Christine (nee Agnello) and Frank Russo. Cherished brother of Angelo, Christopher, Christine, Nicole, Michael and Frank. Loving grandson of Mary Ray (William), (late Samuel Agnello) and Kay Russo (late Frank).
- September 24, 2001
Aug 17, 2023 · Mackenzie Shirilla, 19 — who was found guilty of four counts of murder for the July 2022 wreck that killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend Davion Flanagan, 19 — appeared to...
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- ‘She's just a kid, her family’s destroyed too,’ father of victim says
- Judge: Shirilla was 'hell on wheels'
Ohio teenager Mackenzie Shirilla may spend the rest of her life behind bars after a judge ruled she intentionally drove 100 mph into a brick building, killing her boyfriend and his friend, in a "mission of death."
But Frank Russo, 61, the father of her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, doesn’t support sending Shirilla to prison for life.
“It’s horrible for everybody. Yeah, I lost my son, it’s harder on our family, but I don’t want the rest of her life ruined too. It isn’t going to make me feel any better,” he told NBC News Friday.
“The whole thing’s just a shame,” he said.
Shirilla was 17 when she crashed into a building around 5:30 a.m. on July 31, 2022, in Strongsville, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. The passengers — Russo and Davion Flanagan, 19 — were pronounced dead at the scene. She miraculously survived.
Last week, a judge found Shirilla, now 19, guilty of 12 counts — including four counts of murder — after a four-day bench trial. Her sentencing is set for Monday.
Frank Russo said the trial was difficult to sit through as it unfolded around the same time as the anniversary of his son’s death.
He described his son as a "go-getter," who loved playing basketball, and was driven.
“He was opening up his own clothing line, he was not average kid, I’ll tell you that,” he said.
Despite his family's heartbreaking loss, Frank Russo said he wants Shirilla to get help.
“She’s just a little kid. She f---ed up. She did a damn stupid thing but now her parents are destroyed, her family’s destroyed too,” he said. “I wish there was a way she could get some kind of help, some kind of treatment.”
Frank Russo said he doesn’t buy her claims that she doesn’t remember the crash though.
Shirilla cried in court and covered her mouth, seemingly in shock, when her verdict was read Monday.
She was found guilty of four counts of felonious assault, two of aggravated vehicular homicide, one of drug possession and one of possessing criminal tools, in addition to four counts of murder.
Prosecutors argued that Shirilla had been increasingly violent and threatening in the weeks leading up to the crash while the defense said the couple fought and it could not be determined if Shirilla intentionally crashed the car.
A key part of the case was surveillance video footage showing the moment Shirilla’s vehicle zoomed into view and came to a roaring head-on crash into a building, without braking.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo gave scalding remarks on the case in announcing the verdict.
“This was not reckless driving. This was murder,” she said.
- Marlene Lenthang
- Breaking News Reporter
Aug 7, 2022 · 08. Mass of Christian Burial. Monday, August 08 2022. 11:30 AM. ST. JOSEPH CHURCH. 12700 Pearl Road. Strongsville, OH 44136. Get Directions. View Map Text Email. September 24, 2001 - July 31, 2022, DOMINIC ANTHONY RUSSO passed away on July 31, 2022 in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Fune...
Aug 21, 2023 · Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted of murder in the July 2022 crash, which killed her boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend Davion Flanagan, 19.
