‘Hell on wheels’ killer Mackenzie Shirilla claimed boyfriend tried to kill her in text exchange weeks before deadly wreck
Mackenzie Shirilla, convicted of killing her boyfriend and his friend in a car crash, claimed in text messages that her boyfriend tried to kill her weeks before the incident. The messages reveal a tumultuous relationship marked by threats and emotional distress. Shirilla is currently serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life for the deaths that occurred in July 2022.
- ▪Mackenzie Shirilla accused her late boyfriend of trying to kill her in text messages prior to the deadly crash.
- ▪She was convicted in 2023 of killing her boyfriend Dominic Russo and his friend Davion Flanagan in a high-speed crash.
- ▪Shirilla is serving two concurrent sentences of 15 years to life after deliberately crashing her car at 100 mph.
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US News ‘Hell on wheels’ killer Mackenzie Shirilla claimed boyfriend tried to kill her in text exchange weeks before deadly wreck By Patrick Reilly Published May 27, 2026, 11:05 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google “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.
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