Father of 20-year-old murdered by his girlfriend when she drove into a brick wall at 100mph says she shouldn't go to prison for life

• Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was convicted of murder over a car crash that killed her boyfriend and his friend.
• The judge ruled that the crash was intentional and part of her "mission of death."
• The victim's father told NBC he did not support a life sentence as he did not want her life "ruined too."

A teenager who killed her boyfriend and his friend in a car crash should not spend the rest of her life behind bars, the boyfriend's father said.

Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty this week of four counts of murder relating to a 2022 car crash that killed her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend Davion Flanagan, 19.

Shirilla drove 100 mph into a brick building, which the judge ruled was intentional and part of her "mission of death," NBC News reported.

However, Frank Russo, Dominic's father, told NBC News on Friday that he did not support putting her away for life.

"It's horrible for everybody. Yeah, I lost my son, it's harder on our family, but I don't want the rest of her life ruined too. It isn't going to make me feel any better," he told the outlet.

"The whole thing's just a shame," he said.

"She's just a little kid. She fucked up. She did a damn stupid thing but now her parents are destroyed, her family's destroyed too," he said, per NBC News. "I wish there was a way she could get some kind of help, some kind of treatment."

Shirilla miraculously survived the crash, which took place in a suburb in Cleveland, Ohio, at 5:30 a.m. on July 31 last year.

All three were found unconscious and trapped in the vehicle. Shirilla was taken to the hospital, while the other two were pronounced dead at the scene, per NBC.

Shirilla reportedly cried in court when her verdict was read, earlier this week.

She will be sentenced on Monday after being found guilty of a total of 12 counts, NBC said.

When reading out the verdict, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo said: "This was not reckless driving. This was murder."

Prosecutors said that Shirilla and Russo had a "toxic relationship" and that she had "made multiple threats" toward him the month of the crash, NBC reported.

Shirilla had previously threatened to crash her car after having a disagreement with Russo, prosecutors alleged, per NBC.

Videos recovered from Russo's phone also showed Shirilla "repeatedly degrading Dominic, threatening him, and damaging his property," prosecutors said.

"She morphs from a responsible driver to literal hell on wheels as she makes her way down the street," the judge said.