EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Ring video appears to show Chester official shooting lost DoorDash driver

The video shows the shooter exit the home with what appears to be a firearm strapped on his back and another gun in his right hand.

Blaise Gomez

May 8, 2025, 4:43 PM

Updated 15 hr ago

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News 12 has obtained exclusive video that appears to show a Town of Chester official shooting and injuring a lost DoorDash driver at his home earlier this week.
The leaked Ring video was sent by an anonymous source and is among the evidence police have that appears to show Chester Highway Supervisor John Reilly, 48, shoot the 24-year-old dasher Friday night while the victim tries to get away in his car.
The video shows the shooter exiting the home with what appears to be a firearm strapped on his back and another gun in his right hand. The victim’s car is yards away toward the end of the driveway. Three shots are fired toward the DoorDash driver’s car while the shooter is heard yelling out, “Go!” Sounds of the victim screaming are then heard when the dasher appears to be hit by the last bullet from yards away.
The incident happened on Valerie Drive in Orange County. State police say the dasher was trying to deliver food and was shot once in the back by Reilly after going to several different neighboring houses to find the right address.
The dasher is seen just before the shooting in a separate Ring video that News 12 obtained from a neighbor showing him with a bag and his cellphone in his hands, saying he needed help and was having problems with his phone.
The victim survived but has serious injuries, according to state police. His family tells News 12 that he remains hospitalized and is “getting better by the day.”
Reilly is facing weapons and assault charges and made bail earlier this week.
Town officials say they’re shocked by the allegations and haven’t heard from or seen Reilly since his arrest.
“It’s disappointing and unacceptable from my viewpoint,” says Chester Supervisor Brandon Holdridge. “This incident does not represent Chester as a whole. We are good people in this town.”
Two Town of Chester judges have stepped aside from the case, canceling his next court appearance in town, according to the Orange County district attorney, who says there’s currently no new court date for the case until it can be moved or he’s indicted – whichever comes first.
Holdridge says they’re fielding calls from the community for Reilly to be fired but their hands are tied.
“He’s an elected official so that means we have no power over him to resign,” says Holdridge.
The victim’s family tells News 12 his cellphone went dead during the ordeal and that he didn’t know where he was and couldn’t immediately call for help. They say he stopped at a gas station in Chester to charge his phone enough to tell them he was shot and then drove home seriously injured and bleeding.
The dasher was eventually transported to the hospital by ambulance. His family says he remains hospitalized.
Reilly is a federally licensed arms dealer. The Orange County District Attorney's Office says his firearms have been seized under an extreme risk protection order.
State police are investigating the shooting, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which holds Riley's license.