“Hell on wheels” murderer Mackenzie Shirilla accused her late boyfriend of trying to kill her weeks before she drove her car into a brick wall at 100 mph, killing him and his friend. Chilling new text messages released by law enforcement show Shirilla, 21, claiming her beau, Dominic Russo, 20, put her life in danger after they got into a heated exchange over her erratic driving, according to TMZ. “Do you think I would have my car started with you in it knowing that you just tried to kill me,” she said in the exchange, while also demanding he list reasons why he loves her.
‘Hell on wheels’ killer Mackenzie Shirilla claimed boyfriend tried to kill her in text exchange weeks before deadly wreck
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“Hell on wheels” murderer Mackenzie Shirilla accused her late boyfriend of trying to kill her weeks before she drove her car into a brick wall at 100 mph, killing him and his friend.
Chilling new text messages released by law enforcement show Shirilla, 21, claiming her beau, Dominic Russo, 20, put her life in danger after they got into a heated exchange over her erratic driving, according to TMZ.
“Do you think I would have my car started with you in it knowing that you just tried to kill me,” she said in the exchange, while also demanding he list reasons why he loves her.
Mackenzie Shirilla’s text to her late boyfriend before their deadly wreck.TMZ.com
Texts indicate Mackenzie Shirilla accused her boyfriend of trying to kill her.COURTESY OF NETFLIX
Chilling new text messages released by law enforcement show Shirilla claiming her beau, Dominic Russo, put her life in danger after they got into a heated exchange over her erratic driving, according to TMZ.Instagram/Mackenzie Shirilla
She also sent him graphic texts threatening to hurt herself and others.
“I’m gonna kill someone,” “I j (sic) want to bang my head on the wall till I’m dead,” “I f—king hate myself… Now I’m at your f—king house breaking down on your floor,” she wrote to Russo.
Shirilla is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life after she was convicted in 2023 of killing Russo and friend Davion Flanagan, 19, in Strongsville, Ohio, in July 2022.
Shirilla, then 19, was caught on camera deliberately flooring her Toyota Camry to 100 mph before it jumped a curb and flew into a brick warehouse, the judge said.
Shirilla is pictured in the Netflix documentary “The Crash.”COURTESY OF NETFLIX
Russo, who was in the passenger seat, and Flanagan, who was in the back, were both declared dead at the scene. Shirilla was found unconscious with her fuzzy Prada slippers still on the accelerator.
Prosecutors said Shirilla wanted to murder Russo after their tumultuous relationship fizzled out.
Additional text messages obtained by TMZ show Russo trying to gently break up with Shirilla weeks before his death.
In 2023, Shirilla was convicted of killing her beau, Dominic Russo (R), and his friend Davion Flanagan (L).COURTESY OF NETFLIX
“Kenzie u know i love u but i don’t think we should be together at this point there isnt very much time on earth yaknow,” he said.
“I dont want u to think im abandoning u i wish it could work but i don’t think its going to at this point especially with the threats,” he continued, adding they should seek happiness with other people.
When she woke up in the hospital after the wreck, doctors said Shirilla displayed “grief, guilt and shame” about what happened, prosecutors said.
Shirilla is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life.Netflix
Russo, who was in the passenger seat, and Flanagan, who was in the back, were both declared dead at the scene.City of Strongsville
Shirilla also posted loving messages to Russo’s online obituary — despite evidence showing that she made zero attempt to brake before the collision.
She texted Russo’s mother, Christine, after his death, claiming she blacked out at the time and had no memory of what happened. She promised that she would get hypnotized to help her remember.
A judge called her “literal hell on wheels” after her conviction, which she is appealing for a second time.
The twisted case is the subject of the hit Netflix documentary “The Crash.”