Shirilla was convicted of murdering her boyfriend Dominic Russo and their friend Davion Flanagan in a July 2022 car crash.

Mother of Mackenzie Shirilla crash victim learns of son’s death in resurfaced police cam footage

Shirilla was convicted of murdering her boyfriend Dominic Russo and their friend Davion Flanagan in a July 2022 car crash.

By Sharareh Drury

May 22, 2026 5:47 p.m. ET

Mackenzie Shirilla in 'The Crash'. Credit:

- Newly released police body cam footage shows the devastating moment Dominic Russo's mother learned of her son's death in a car crash involving girlfriend Mackenzie Shirilla.

- Dominic and his friend Davion Flanagan were killed in the 2022 car accident, which is the subject of Netflix documentary *The Crash*.

- Shirilla was convicted in August 2023, resulting in concurrent 15-to-life sentences.

A week after Netflix's documentary *The Crash *debuted, police body cam footage has been released showing the devastating moment Dominic Russo's mother learned her son had died in a car crash involving girlfriend Mackenzie Shirilla.

In the video shared by TMZ, police officers are seen walking up to the Russo family home and speaking with Dominic's mother Christine Russo, who is sitting on the front porch. When asked when was the last time she saw her son, she explains she saw Dominic the night before.

The officers explain there's been a serious car crash involving Shirilla, Dominic and his friend Davion Flanagan, and that Dominic and Flanagan did not survive the accident. Christine immediately gets up screaming and crying, with the officers grabbing onto her and asking if there is anyone else they can call for her.**

Dominic Russo and Mackenzie Shirilla in 'The Crash'.

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In 2022, Ohio teen Shirilla crashed her car into the side of a building, killing her 20-year-old boyfriend Dominic and 19-year-old friend Flanagan. Netflix's documentary *The Crash *examines events surrounding the tragic accident and its aftermath, and features the first interview with Shirilla about what happened that day.

The accident occurred on the morning of July 31, 2022, when Shirilla, accompanied by her boyfriend and Flanagan, drove her 2018 Toyota Camry head-first into a brick building at nearly 100 mph. Prosecutors argued that Shirilla intentionally caused the crash with witnesses claiming she and Dominic had a "toxic" relationship.

Dominic Russo, Mackenzie, and Natalie Shirilla in 'The Crash'.

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Shirilla was arrested in November 2022, and even though she was 17 when the crash occurred, she was tried as an adult.

In August 2023, Shirilla was convicted of murdering Dominic and Flanagan. She is currently serving two concurrent 15-to life sentences at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. In the documentary, Shirilla claims she does not remember what happened during the accident.

Her first parole hearing is in 2037.

*The Crash *is available to stream on Netflix.

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