Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Brent Henry, 61, of Riverhead, was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, following a jury trial for fatally shooting 23-year-old Ines Reyes of East Patchogue.

“Mr. Reyes was one month away from becoming a father when the defendant made the senseless decision to murder him,” said District Attorney Tierney . “We can never give the victim’s daughter the chance to meet her father, but hopefully today’s verdict brings the family some measure of closure.”

The evidence at trial established that on August 18, 2023, Henry and the victim, Ines Reyes, had a verbal confrontation that turned into a fist fight inside the Bellport home the victim shared

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