Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Brent Henry, 61, of Riverhead, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, for fatally shooting 23-year-old Ines Reyes of East Patchogue.

“When the defendant senselessly murdered Mr. Reyes, he robbed him of a future,” said District Attorney Tierney . “We hope that today’s sentence brings a small measure of closure to his loved ones.”

The evidence at trial established that on August 18, 2023, Henry and the victim, Reyes, had a verbal confrontation that turned into a fist fight inside the Bellport home the victim shared with his girlfriend, who is also Henry’s niece. Following the fig

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