Never-ending line of fire: Wrong-address shootings expose a broken society
Screenshot of a GoFundMe site started to raise money for Ralph Yarl's medical bills and other expenses. - GoFundMe screenshot/TNS/TNS
April 20, 2023
Everyone has made the same error at some point: looking for an address and accidentally ending up at the wrong door. The moment of awkwardness is usually forgotten quickly. For 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis, it was her last memory before being gunned down by 65-year-old Kevin Monahan after she and some friends accidentally turned into his driveway in upstate Washington County. The killing came just two days after 84-year-old Andrew Lester shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in Kansas City after the teen accidentally went to the wrong address; fortunately, Yarl survived and is recovering. The thing about a...