The man accused of stealing almost $1 million in an elaborate DoorDash scam was due in Stamford Superior Court Wednesday morning to accept or reject an offer in the case. Instead, the case will be dismissed after prosecutors learned David Smith, 22, was killed in New York two days earlier.

Smith’s attorney in the case, Frank Riccio, told News 12, “I was shocked to learn about Mr. Smith’s death. He was a quiet, kind, young man who I had the pleasure of knowing. I feel terrible for his family. What a tragedy.”

New Rochelle police said officers responded to the Heritage Homes Complex around 10:50 a.m. Monday and found Smith shot several times in the chest. Police said they believe Smith and the shooter knew each other and the violence was due to a “personal dispute.” Police initially arrested three men in connection to the case.

Marquis Williamson, 21, of Newark, N.J., and Amiri Oneal, 21, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., were each charged with second-degree murder. Anthony Webster, 20, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

“Community members did help with this with calls to police of the shots and descriptions of people running away,” stated Capt. J. Collins Coyne during a news conference Tuesday.

On Wednesday, police announced the arrest of the alleged gunman, Ali Mohammed, 21, of Mount Vernon, N.Y. Mohammed was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of weapon.

Smith was living in Mount Vernon, N.Y. at the time of his death. He moved there after Stamford police arrested him in June 2023 in what one investigator called a sophisticated phishing scam.

“This is probably the most massive scheme that I've seen,” investigator Mike Stempien told News 12 at the time.

Smith is accused of scamming DoorDash drivers out of over $950,000. Investigators recovered a large chunk of it when they seized five safes from his apartment on Prospect Street. Inside was over $733,000 in cash, according to police. Officers first responded to Smith’s apartment in January of 2023 after a call about a domestic violence incident. What they saw inside led the department’s Financial Crimes Unit to open their own investigation.

“Stacks of cash, over 100 payment cards in names other than the two people involved [in the domestic violence incident], a handgun, two fake IDs, and an illegal extended magazine on that handgun,” Stempien told News 12.

Stempien said Smith targeted drivers in California, using one of his many phones to place a fake DoorDash order in the Golden State. Then when the driver was on the way, Smith would allegedly impersonate DoorDash support and tell the driver there was a problem with the order.

"He would get them to click a link or go to a website and that essentially would turn over their credentials, their username and password to him. Once he was in control of that, he would change the billing information and steal any funds they had had for deliveries they had done, basically steal their paycheck," Stempien explained.

Smith is accused of repeating the scam on more than 700 drivers over the course of about 2 ½ years starting in June 2020. Police said he also stole the identities of another 75 people to open over 100 debit card accounts, where he transferred the stolen money.

“We spoke with some of these DoorDash drivers who lost multiple paychecks, and some even reported they were unable to get back into their accounts and literally had to quit due to the havoc Smith wreaked on their accounts,” recalled Stempien.

At the time of Smith’s death, he was considering a plea deal in the case, the details of which weren’t put on the record. In November, he turned down an offer from prosecutors to serve five years in prison in connection with the case.

Smith was charged with first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crime, second-degree forgery, third-degree identity theft and illegal trafficking in personal identification information.

Assistant State’s Attorney Margaret Moscati told News 12 the charges will officially be dismissed at a hearing set for March 3. Moscati also said that’s when a decision will be made on what happens to the $733,000 in cash that was seized by police. It’s unknown if it will go to all the victims as restitution.