VIDEO: Mackenzie Shirilla’s Father Criticizes Police, Labels Her as ‘Immature’ in Bodycam Footage

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“I need to speak to my daughter,” Steven Shirilla is heard telling officers. “You guys aren’t allowed to speak with her at all, that’s from the lawyer. He does not want you guys speaking to her.”

“It’s unbelievable, I mean she’s 18,” Steven tells the officer.

When officers told him Mackenzie Shirilla was 18 and could speak for herself, he shot back: “Yeah, but she’s a dumb 18-year-old that just turned 18.”

When his wife, Natalie Shirilla, protested, he added: “All the kids nowadays are dumb.”

Steven Shirilla repeatedly insisted police were “not allowed” to question his daughter and said he needed to speak with her so she understood not to say anything to investigators.

As officers left the station’s lobby, he yelled, “Don’t ask her any questions!”

The body camera video offers a new glimpse at the frantic moments after Shirilla’s arrest. Other body camera video captured the aftermath of the fatal crash, with officers sifting through the annihilated vehicle as they pieced together the case.

Police records reviewed by News Agency show Strongsville officers responded around 6:15 a.m. on July 31, 2022, after the Camry struck the PLIDCO building at 11792 Alameda Drive in Strongsville.

Shirilla, then 17, was removed from the driver’s seat and flown to MetroHealth Medical Center. Russo and Flanagan were pronounced dead after being mechanically extricated from the wreckage, records show.

A grand jury presentation reviewed by News Agency said Life360 data showed the vehicle traveling 90 mph in a 35 mph zone, while Event Data Recorder information showed the accelerator fully engaged and no service brake applied in the seconds before the devastating crash.

A later police request to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office said the deaths were initially classified as accidental, but investigators believed the evidence showed the crash was “not an accident, but an intentional act.”

Police asked the medical examiner to conduct a secondary review and change the manner of death to homicide.

Prosecutors argued at trial that Shirilla drove into the building to end her toxic relationship with Russo, and that Flanagan was an unintended victim who happened to be in the car. Shirilla’s case is back in the limelight after Netflix’s new series, “The Crash.”

— Judge Nancy Margaret Russo

Shirilla has maintained the crash was not intentional. News Agency has reached out to Shirilla’s attorneys for comment.

Ohio teenager Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted Monday of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and his friend Davion Flanagan by slamming her car into a brick wall while driving 100 mph. (Instagram)

Since the Netflix series, Fox 8 learned that Steve Shirilla will not be returning to his teaching position at Mary Queen of Peace School.

“Catholic school personnel decisions are the purview of each school in the Diocese of Cleveland. Due to privacy considerations, neither the schools nor the Diocese ordinarily discuss personnel issues publicly,” Catholic Diocese of Cleveland told News Agency. “However, we can confirm that Mr. Steve Shirilla will not be returning to Mary Queen of Peace School.”

News Agency has reached out to Mary Queen of Peace School for comment.

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