In the early morning hours of December 26, 2015, a festive holiday season was tragically cut short for 35-year-old Donald Reed. A father from the Bronx, he had been enjoying a party with friends at the Smoke House, a club in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. The night took a fatal turn after he and his friends left the establishment.
Around 6:30 a.m., as Reed and his companions made their way to a nearby bodega on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, they were followed.
Two men, Neon Osouna, the 38-year-old owner of the Smoke House, and his cousin Brandon Williams, a 37-year-old bouncer at the club, pursued Reed. An exchange of gunfire erupted, and in the chaos, Reed was struck four times. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital but ultimately succumbed to his injuries. The motive for the shooting remained unclear to prosecutors.
Following an investigation, both Osouna and Williams were apprehended and faced justice for their roles in the senseless killing. After a two-week trial, a jury found both men guilty of murder and criminal possession of a weapon. In December 2018, a Queens Supreme Court Justice sentenced the cousins to 25 years to life in prison, ensuring they would face a lengthy incarceration for the deadly shooting that silenced a father and brought a violent end to a holiday celebration.
