Background: Surveillance video of John Reilly allegedly firing at a DoorDash driver on May 2 (News 12 Westchester). Inset: John Reilly (Orange County District Attorney”s Office).
The wife of a New York man who allegedly opened fire on a DoorDash driver who got lost and ended up at their doorstep faces charges of her own in connection with the incident.
Earlier this year, John Reilly, 48, was charged with attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon after police said he fired a gun at a 24-year-old DoorDash driver on the night of May 2. Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said in a Facebook post at the time that the driver, who has not been named, ended up at the Reillys’ home in Chester after his phone’s battery died. Not realizing he was at the wrong address, the driver went up to the Reillys’ front door with a bag of food, asking if they had placed an order.
Reilly apparently came to the door wielding a gun and told the driver to leave, which he did. When the driver attempted to leave the property in his vehicle, Reilly allegedly shot him in the back, causing “devastating injuries.”
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News 12 Westchester reported on Reilly’s arraignment in June, when prosecutors said that the driver had been in “complete panic mode” as he tried to escape. According to Hoovler, the driver underwent emergency surgery to remove two feet of his small bowel.
When police came to the Reillys’ home to question them the next day, Reilly’s wife, Selina Nelson-Reilly, “denied knowing anything that happened,” Hoovler said in a new post. According to the DA, Nelson-Reilly allegedly “deleted seventeen (17) videos from a smart doorbell camera installed at the house” after investigators left her home. Hoovler added that while she was “in the process of deleting the videos,” investigators came back to ask her something else. Once again, she allegedly told them that she did not know anything about someone coming to her home the previous night.
Hoovler stated in his post that Nelson-Reilly then “sent a text message to a friend saying she permanently deleted the videos.”
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Nelson-Reilly was indicted on charges of hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence. The charges were not bail-eligible, and Nelson-Reilly was released on her own recognizance. She is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 5, 2026.
Reilly was charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault, and criminal possession of a firearm. He posted $250,000 bail after he was arrested and was ordered to wear an ankle monitor.
