Viral footage shows DoorDash driver allegedly pepper-spraying customer's food order during delivery

Viral footage has captured the shocking infinitesimal a DoorDash transportation operator whitethorn person pepper-sprayed a customer’s bid during a transportation successful Evansville, Indiana, according to section authorities and the company.

The incidental occurred aboriginal Sunday greeting and appeared to beryllium a random onslaught that reportedly caused a mates excruciating pain. 

Doorbell camera footage shows a pistillate with purple hairsbreadth dropping disconnected an Arby’s order, seemingly taking a photo, past discreetly spraying the container with an irritant earlier slipping the spray backmost into her overgarment pouch and leaving.

Local officials told Fox News Digital Wednesday that authorities person launched a transgression probe into the incident.

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Food transportation operator approaches a location connected Dec. 7, 2025, successful Evansville, Indiana.  (Mark Cardin)

"The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported incidental successful which a nutrient transportation operator allegedly sprayed an irritant substance onto a customer’s bid earlier leaving the residence," Sheriff Noah Robinson said. 

"During the aboriginal greeting hours of December 07, deputies responded to a section location aft the occupants became sick soon aft consuming their delivered meal. The individuals reported experiencing burning sensations successful their stomachs, throat, mouth, and chemoreceptor and aboriginal discovered video footage showing the transportation operator spraying a substance onto the nutrient container anterior to departure."

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Resident Mark Cardin told section media WFIE that helium and his woman did not recognize the nutrient had been tampered with until they began eating.

"I noticed my woman had starting eating and she started choking and gasping," Cardin said. "After she had a mates bites of her food, she really threw up."

"I had a look astatine the container and seen that determination was immoderate benignant of spray oregon something. The container had been tampered with. So I pulled up my doorbell camera and seen that the woman who dropped the nutrient disconnected had really tampered with it connected intent for immoderate reason."

Food transportation operator caught connected camera spraying substance connected nutrient bid connected Dec. 7, 2025, successful Evansville, Indiana.  (Mark Cardin)

In respective posts connected Facebook, Cardin added that helium did not cognize the driver, suggesting that the onslaught was random, and that she had already blocked him connected the DoorDash app pursuing the delivery.

He described the incidental to WFIE arsenic terrifying, noting they could person unknowingly ingested thing acold much dangerous.

"It’s horrific," Cardin said. "We presume it’s capsicum spray, that’s much than apt what it is, but now, successful this time and age, it could’ve been anything. It could’ve been rat poison, it could’ve been fentanyl. I mean, my woman could’ve been dead."

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Carbin told WFIE that DoorDash has since refunded his order. 

DoorDash told Fox News Digital Wednesday that they person terminated the employee. 

"We person zero tolerance for this benignant of appalling behavior," a DoorDash spokesperson said. "The Dasher successful question has been permanently removed from the platform, and our squad is lasting by to enactment instrumentality enforcement with immoderate investigation."

Food transportation operator walks distant aft dropping disconnected a nutrient bid connected Dec. 7, 2025, successful Evansville, Indiana.  (Mark Cardin)

The individuality of the transportation operator has not been confirmed, and nary arrests person been made, officials said.

The Sheriff’s Office besides said it is coordinating with DoorDash arsenic the probe moves forward.

Anyone with accusation applicable to this lawsuit is asked to interaction the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.

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