The highway superintendent in Chester, N.Y., was charged Saturday with shooting a DoorDash delivery driver in the back, police said.
John Reilly, 48, was arrested Saturday at his home in the small Orange County town, New York State Police said in a press release. He was charged with first-degree assault and two weapons crimes.
A food delivery driver working for DoorDash got lost on Reilly’s street on Friday night and started going door to door asking for directions, according to investigators. When the driver knocked on Reilly’s door, Reilly brandished a gun and told the driver to get off his property, police said.
As the driver left, Reilly fired multiple bullets at the victim, striking the driver once in the back, state police said. The driver suffered “serious physical injuries” but was expected to survive.
Cops picked up Reilly on Saturday, and he was arraigned and sent to Orange County jail in lieu of $250,000 cash bond.
Reilly, a Republican, was first appointed to the highway superintendent position in March 2021, then elected later that year and reelected in 2023. Chester Town Supervisor Brandon Holdridge told the Albany Times-Union that village leadership was monitoring the situation.
“We are deeply troubled by what has been reported so far,” Holdridge told the paper. “We hope the person who was injured in the incident makes a full and healthy recovery.”
