NY town official sentenced after shooting DoorDash driver who stopped to ask for directions

A New York town official has been sentenced after shooting a lost DoorDash delivery driver who had approached his home to ask for directions.Town of Chester Highway Superintendent John Reilly, 49, was ordered Monday to 17 years in prison and must complete five years of post-release supervision under the terms of his sentencing over last May’s shooting.“The lengthy sentence imposed on this defendant justly reflects his depraved indifference to human life,” Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said in a statement.

“The victim is forced to live with life-altering injuries as a result of this defendant’s violent criminal actions. “It is yet another example of the consequences of the use of dangerous firearms by an individual who had no business possessing a gun.

 I hope that the victim and his family can move on knowing that the efforts of the police and prosecutors assigned to the case achieved a degree of justice.”Reilly was convicted of assault and criminal possession of a weapon after firing at African migrant Alpha Barry and his Toyota Corolla on the night of May 2, 2025.Barry, 24, had approached Reilly’s house in Chester with a bag of food when he forgot the address of the house he’d been tasked to deliver to when his phone battery died.But, the situation escalated with Reilly retrieving his .45 caliber gun and shouting “Go” before firing repeatedly at Barry’s car.One of the shots fired pierced the car and struck Barry in his lower back, leaving him with “devastating injuries,” according to officials.

Barry, who had only moved to the US in October 2024, drove away from the scene before collapsing at home.He was forced to undergo emergency surgery, and two feet of his small bowel were removed after the .45 caliber bullet didn’t exit his body.“For half a year, my life was dictated by a colostomy bag,” Barry wrote in a statement read out by Senior Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Mangold at the start of the senten...