Ohio teen, 19, was seen sobbing as she was convicted of murder at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday

Mackenzie Shirilla was 17 when she killed her boyfriend and his friend in July 2020, by ramming a building at terrifying speed, in Strongsville, Ohio

Shirilla miraculously survived the July 2022, crash that claimed the lives of her boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, and his 19-year-old friend Davion Flanagan

She was charged with murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, felonious assault

Shirilla said it was an accident, but Judge Nancy Margaret Russo handing down the guilty verdict, called Mackenzie Shirilla ‘literal hell on wheels’ on a ‘mission of death’

Surveillance footage of the crash showed she was driving calmly, within the speed limit, then accelerated to 100mph as she approached a warehouse building 

Prosecutors said she wanted to kill them and herself to escape her turbulent relationship with Russo 

She was jailed for life in prison with her earliest chance of parole in 2038, when she will be 34

Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was Tuesday convicted of murder which carries an automatic life sentence. She would qualify for parole after 15 years. She was 17 when she rammed her car into a building at 100 mph, killing her boyfriend and his friend, in what a judge called a ‘mission of death’ that was intended to be payback for their turbulent romance

Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, sobbed as a judge at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court found her guilty of murdering her boyfriend and his friend by driving them into the side of a building at 100mph in what a judge called a ‘mission of death’ that was intended to be payback for their turbulent romance. 
Shirilla then 17, somehow survived the July 2022 crash that claimed the lives of her boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, and his 19-year-old friend Davion Flanagan. 

The trio all smoked marijuana before Shirilla, got behind the wheel of her Toyota Camry. At 5.30am, she drove at high speed into a corner of the Plidco Building in Strongsville. 
A passer-by spotted the vehicle 45 minutes later and called for help.
The two young men were pronounced dead on the scene and Mackenzie, who was unconscious and not breathing, was taken to the hospital where she underwent multiple surgeries. 
In November 2022, she was charged with murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, felonious assault, despite insisting that the crash was an accident. 

The jury did not buy Mackenzie Shirilla’s claim that the deadly Strongsville crash that killed her boyfriend and another friend was an accident and found her guilty of murder. She was seen sobbing as she was convicted.

Killed: Shirilla’s boyfriend Dominic Russo, 20, [left], was killed along with his friend 19-year-old Davion Flanagan [right]

Sitting at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Monday, Judge Nancy Margaret Russo convicted 19-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla who she called ‘literal hell on wheels’ on a ‘mission of death,’ after surveillance footage of the crash showed she was driving calmly, within the speed limit, then accelerating to 100mph as she approached a warehouse building

Prosecutors said surveillance footage of events leading to the crash, proved it was intentional. She had reconnoitered the area before hand, and planned the route by visiting in her car earlier in the week. 
Vanessa Shirilla was found guilty of murder by a judge at a bench trial, held this week.  
Police and prosecutors argued that she intentionally drove her vehicle into the side of a warehouse in an effort to kill herself and the two boys because her relationship with Russo was so turbulent. 

Mackenzie Shirilla car crash that led to her being charged with the murder of her boyfriend and one other was caught by surveillance camera

Mackenzie Shirilla [photo], had turned 18 when she was charged in November 2022, with murder, aggravated vehicular homicide and felonious assault 

After the crash, Mackenzie insisted it was an accident. She left emotional tributes to her boyfriend on an online obituary. However she was charged with his murder and convicted

After the crash, Mackenzie insisted it was an accident. She left emotional tributes to her boyfriend on an online obituary as did her family. However, in the week before the crash, the pair had started arguing intensely.
On one occasion, friends had to come and pry Russo from her vehicle during a fight. One overheard her threatening to crash the car with Russo inside. 
Russo’s friend Davion Flanagan was collateral. Prosecutors said the 19-year-old was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
‘He was friends with Dominic, and Davion was just cargo. He was just a suitcase in the backseat in the defendant’s mind,’ said prosecutor Michael O’Malley. 

Mackenzie, then 17, with her 20-year-old boyfriend Dominic Russo [left] who died when she rammed her car into the side of a warehouse. She insisted the crash was an accident. The court did believe her based on evidence and found her guilty of murdering Russo 

The judge at Monday’s bench trial branded Shirilla ‘literal hell on wheels’, refusing her claims that the crash was accidental and condemning what she called a ‘mission of death’. 
Surveillance footage of the crash shows her driving calmly and within the speed limit, then accelerating to 100mph as she approached a warehouse building. 
All three occupants of the vehicle were unconscious and not breathing when they were pulled from the wreckage of Shirilla’s Toyota Camry. 
The two male passengers died at the scene, but Shirilla made a full recovery.
Four months later, she was charged with murder. 

This was all that was left of the car after the fatal crash. Mackenzie was pulled from the vehicle unconscious and not breathing, but she made a miraculous recovery. Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan died at the scene

Police said she was on a ‘death mission’ and became ‘literal hell on wheels’ when she sped up from the speed limit before slamming into the building

Mackenzie Shirilla deliberately crashed her car into the side of a warehouse at 100mph, with fatal consequences  

At trial, her attorneys attempted to argue that she had lost control of the car and that it was an accident. 
Prosecutors used surveillance footage of her driving completely in control before the crash to disprove their argument. 
‘The intent was obvious upon seeing that video that there was only one goal and the computer demonstrated that there was no attempt to slow down or stop, that it was full speed into a building and tragically it cost two people their lives,’ prosecutor Michael O’Malley said.
On Monday Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Nancy Margaret Russo a convicted Shirilla, who went from looking stunned to sobbing at the defense table, looking incredulously at her family as the verdict was handed down.
The judge chided the defendant: ‘She morphs from a responsible driver to literal hell on wheels as she makes her way down the street,’ she said. 
‘Mackenzie alone made the decision to drive the car, to drive an obscure route, a route she visited a few days before, and a route not routinely taken by her. 

Prosecutors claimed Mackenzie [right],was desperate to end her turbulent relationship with Russo [left], so decided to kill them all – Russo’s friend Davion Flanagan was collateral

The Shirilla family seen here with Dominic Russo [left] and Mackenzie [second left], have insisted throughout that the crash was an accident

The Shirilla family joined their daughter, Mackenzie to post tributes to her boyfriend on an online obituary. They have also insisted it was an accident, which apparently did not move the court

‘Mackenzie alone chose a time to make the drive, early in the morning, when any reasonable person would expect a few people would be nearby to witness it or offer life-saving assistance. 
‘This was not reckless driving. This was murder. She had a mission, and she executed it with precision. 
‘The decision was death,’ Judge Russo said. 
Shirilla’s conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with parole eligibility after 15 years, at the age of 34. The visibly shocked convict was put in handcuffs and led away.
Her defense attorneys say they intend to appeal her conviction. Formal sentencing is scheduled for August 21.