An official in upstate New York shot and wounded A Lost DoorDash delivery driver The man was convicted Thursday on assault and firearms charges, authorities said.
John Reilly III, a highway superintendent in Chester — a town about 60 miles (95 kilometers) north of Manhattan — now faces up to 25 years behind bars on the highest charge. Sentencing is scheduled for May.
Reilly confirmed that it was Acting in self-defense To protect his family and home when he shot into Alpha Barry’s car as a delivery driver was leaving Riley’s property on May 2, 2025. But Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoefler said in a statement after the sentencing that he showed a “depraved indifference to human life.”
Video from Reilly’s Ring doorbell camera released by the media showed the driver walking to Reilly’s front door with a plastic bag and ringing the doorbell.
Another clip showed the driver getting back into his car while Riley came out of his house with a gun and fired a shot into his garden, saying: “Go.” Then, as the driver made a three-point turn in the driveway, the footage showed Reilly shooting at the car and then shooting again as it drove away.
One of the bullets hit Barry in the back, authorities said. The driver later underwent emergency surgery and more than 2 feet (0.6 meters) of his small intestine was removed, prosecutors said.
Reilly’s attorney, Thomas Keniff, said that on the night of the shooting, Reilly’s daughter woke him up after the driver rang the doorbell. Riley told Barry he didn’t order any food, but the driver insisted on going inside the house to charge his phone, leading Riley to worry about a break-in, Kenniff previously told The Associated Press. Kenniff said Thursday that he was “confident that we will have a viable appeal.”
Barry testified on the stand that he did not ask to enter Riley’s home, only to have his phone charged, according to The Verge. News 12 Westchester.
The newspaper said that Riley’s defense attorney said his client had difficulty communicating with Barry, who was then a recent immigrant from Guinea.
Authorities later found a number of weapons in Riley’s home that he was not licensed to possess, according to prosecutors.
Jurors began their deliberations on Tuesday. Riley was acquitted of one assault charge but convicted of a different assault charge that centered on whether he had acted recklessly. He was also charged with attempted murder, but the jury did not have to consider that charge after convicting him of the second assault charge.
Shoot people who accidentally He went to the wrong house You have tested the limits of your basic laws in recent years.
In 2023, a 66-year-old man in rural upstate New York shot and killed a 20-year-old woman when the car she was in accidentally rolled into his driveway. He said he thought his house was under siege and fired a warning shot. After deliberating for less than an hour, the jury found him guilty Second degree murder.