Wife of New York man who shot lost DoorDash driver indicted for evidence tampering after deleting Ring footage

Shockwaves rippled across social media on October 31, 2025, after prosecutors in Chester, New York, indicted Selina Nelson-Reilly on 17 counts of evidence tampering, alleging she deleted Ring camera videos in an effort to conceal footage from the night her husband, John Reilly III, shot and critically wounded Oumar Tunkara, a lost DoorDash driver.

According to investigators, the original videos—later recovered through cloud backups—showed Tunkara, a West African immigrant, arriving at the Reilly residence in May 2025 while politely asking for directions after a GPS error.

In the footage, he is seen speaking calmly before Reilly emerges from the doorway, yells something unintelligible, then chases and shoots him in the back as the driver turns to leave. The bullet reportedly entered Tunkara’s back, exited through his abdomen, and re-entered his lower back, leaving him hospitalized for weeks.

Authorities say Selina Reilly attempted to erase the Ring footage within minutes of the shooting, prompting the expanded indictment. Prosecutors described her actions as “a calculated obstruction of justice,” emphasizing that the deleted files were crucial evidence contradicting her husband’s original self-defense claim.

The case, already mired in controversy, reignited national debate on racial bias, gun culture, and immigrant safety in suburban America. The video compilation attached to the X post—verified by multiple media outlets—quickly went viral, with millions of views and thousands of emotional replies demanding accountability. Many commenters condemned both Reillys, calling the shooting “modern-day lynching,” while others questioned why the wife, not the shooter, was indicted first.

A smaller but vocal group of users defended Reilly, citing arguments about “property protection” and crime rates, sparking heated exchanges over racial double standards in U.S. justice enforcement. Civil rights advocates have since urged federal oversight, noting similarities to prior racially charged shootings of Black delivery workers in Georgia and Texas.

Reilly himself remains jailed pending trial for attempted murder and aggravated assault, while Selina faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Legal analysts predict the Ring footage—now central to both prosecutions—will determine whether this becomes another landmark case in digital evidence accountability.

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— Busterblog