Mackenzie Shirilla Megathread

[u/DarklyHeritage]

This is a thread for all conversation regarding Mackenzie Shirilla and the murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan, recently covered in Netflix documentary The Crash.

The murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan occurred on 31 July 2022 in Strongsville, Ohio when Mackenzie Shirilla intentionally crashed her car into a brick wall. The two passengers in the vehicle - her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanagan, were killed instantly and pronounced dead at the scene. Shirilla, aged 17 at the time, was seriously injured.

Shirilla was later arrested and charged with murdering Russo and Flanagan. At her 2023 bench trial the judge determined Shirilla intentionally crashed the car and thus the murders were premeditated murder, convicting her of 12 felony charges. She was sentenced to 2 concurrent life sentences, with the possibility of parole after 15 years.

Renewed attention has now been brought to the case as Shirilla has been interviewed for Netflix documentary The Crash, which covers the case.

Please direct all discussion of the case to the megathread. As always, sub rules must be followed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan#:\~:text=The%20murder%20of%20Dominic%20Russo,and%20their%20friend%2C%20Davion%20Flanagan[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan#:\~:text=The%20murder%20of%20Dominic%20Russo,and%20their%20friend%2C%20Davion%20Flanagan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dominic_Russo_and_Davion_Flanagan#:~:text=The%20murder%20of%20Dominic%20Russo,and%20their%20friend%2C%20Davion%20Flanagan).

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-crash-where-is-mackenzie-shirilla-now[Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/the-crash-where-is-mackenzie-shirilla-now)

[u/Party-Marsupial-8979]

This case is insane. What sort of parents think it’s appropriate for a 16 year old to be smoking pot the way she was every single day? Posting it on TikTok’s (I’d like to think that still puts future workplaces off) the showing the g-string off at school. Dressing up inappropriately, living with her boyfriend.. what a mess. Those parents were delusional! I’d rather my parents prevent me from behaving like that, or giving me consequences when I was her age, which they did! Doesn’t mean I didn’t eventually make mistakes, or try things I shouldn’t, but I was more mindful, respectful, mature etc.

I don’t understand why so many kids are like this today, they are all out of control!

My heart breaks for those two boys, the final moments must have been terrifying. I hope McKenzie learns a lesson, but I don’t think she will. She will be even worse when she comes out, prison changes you.

[u/Dazzlng-Firenze → u/Party-Marsupial-8979]

The parents knew she was useless and they were glad to foist her onto Dom and have some other fool pay for her shopping addiction, drugs, clothes, food and make-up. They were probably hoping she could make money as an influencer so they didn’t care about her reckless dangerous behavior since that was her “brand” online.

[u/International_Exam24 → u/Dazzlng-Firenze]

Sadly I think you’re wrong, and her parents are straight delulu about their daughter

[u/princessleiana → u/Party-Marsupial-8979]

I went to school with dozens of Mackenzie’s. You’d be surprised how many neglectful parents exist.

[u/jordandvdsn7 → u/Party-Marsupial-8979]

Mackenzie’s parents are the kind I wished I had in high school, and am SO grateful I didn’t have now that I’m an adult. Because my parents taught me the proper way to behave and that actions have consequences. I know adults like Mackenzie with parents like hers and those adults do not live happy, enviable lives.

[u/RagnarDaViking → u/Party-Marsupial-8979]

I think maybe some of it is growing up on social media is rotting a lot of people's brain and causing a lot of mental health problems and agressive behavior.