NY town official John J. Reilly III shot lost DoorDash driver who knocked on his door looking for directions
A New York town official allegedly shot a lost DoorDash driver who had rang his home doorbell looking for directions during a late-night delivery on May 2.Town of Chester Highway Superintendent John J.Reilly III fired multiple shots, striking the 24-year-old driver in the back when the worker approached his Chester, NY home, according to New York State Police.The unidentified driver was out on a delivery for the popular online food ordering service in the wooded Valerie Drive neighborhood when he lost his navigation and approached several homes asking for directions.“I need help,” the West Africa-native cried out in a neighbor’s doorbell camera video, according to WABC.Reilly was inside his Orange County home, about 60 miles north of Manhattan, when the driver approached the house at 9:50 p.m.The town official warned the driver to get off his property before he drew his gun and shot at the stranger several times, police saidThe worker was hit once in the back as he attempted to leave the residential neighborhood in his car.The driver’s family recalled the harrowing encounter he had with Reilly.“He asked the guy, ‘Is this your order?’ The guy said, ‘No,’ and proceeds to say, ‘Get off my property.’ He walks away, he’s going about his day, going to his car, and the guy tries to murder him,” one relative of driver told the outlet.
“He just started shooting at him and he thought his life was over.”Police ruled the driver wasn’t doing anything suspicious.and was “just out there doing his job.”“There’s nothing to indicate the victim had any nefarious intentions, he’s just out there doing his job, trying to make a food delivery,” New York State Police Capt.
Joseph Kolek told reporters.Not knowing what to do, the driver drove back to his home in nearby Middletown before going to the hospital.The man’s wounds were listed as serious but non-fatal, police said.The driver had recently moved to the US from his native Guinea-Bissau ...