Overview

• Reyes pleaded not guilty on August 1 to second-degree murder for Eugene Allen’s machete killing and first-degree attempted murder of Officer Joseph Damon.
• Indictment details show Allen suffered multiple chop wounds and near-complete decapitation in the July 22 attack.
• During a multi-hour July 23 standoff at Reyes’s North Bay Shore home, he fired over a dozen shots at officers, striking Officer Joseph Damon in the face.
• A search warrant recovered two operable shotguns, about 19 rounds of 12-gauge ammunition and two sheathed machetes from Reyes’s residence.
• He remains in custody and is due back in court on September 3, facing up to life sentences if convicted.