DoorDash driver arrested at customer’s house with gun after demanding cash tip, police say

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV/Gray News) - A now-former DoorDash driver is facing multiple charges after police say he went to a DoorDash customer’s house armed with a gun and demanded a cash tip.

According to Vancouver police, 59-year-old Robert Delehant came back to an area home the following day after an order demanding a bigger tip in cash.

A police report revealed the homeowner, Anthony Volino, told officers that his daughter ordered about $100 in groceries and tipped through the app, but Delehant was not satisfied.

The next morning at about 10 a.m. Volino says Delehant showed up angry, upset he had not gotten a cash tip the day before, which was actually noted on the order.

“He said you forgot to give me my tip,” Volino said.

Things quickly escalated into a scuffle, and that is when Volino spotted a gun tucked in Delehant’s waistband.

“He stepped to the right, I stepped to the left, and I reached behind him, and I felt the steel in his waistband, and as soon as I felt the gun in his waistband, my heart just sank,” Volino said. “The only thing on my mind was that I had to get the gun away from him. I was in a struggle for my life. I was thinking, it’s me or him.”

Volino ended up disarming Delehant and both men called 911.

“I could have been shot, my kids could have been shot, if he had gotten his hands on that gun, somebody could have gotten hurt. I still can’t believe it happened,” Volino said.

Police arrived soon after and arrested Delehant. No one was hurt in the incident.

A DoorDash spokesperson said they have a zero-tolerance policy for harassment of any kind.

“What happened was unacceptable and the Dasher involved was immediately deactivated,” the spokesperson shared in a statement.

Volina added, “This is for a job that they’re already paid for, this is the customer’s decision whether to tip or not, he can’t make that decision that I’m going to go to somebody’s house to get a cash tip, he can’t make that choice.”