Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that Peekskill resident Shane Gilleo, 30, was indicted on charges connected with the murder of his step-father Edward Reeves in Peekskill. The defendant is being held without bail.
The defendant was indicted by a Westchester County Grand Jury for Murder in the Second Degree and Arson in the Third Degree, both felonies. The defendant was arraigned in Westchester County Court on Nov. 10, 2022.
On Sep. 14, 2022, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the defendant allegedly stabbed the 48-year-old victim multiple times with a knife on North James Street in Peekskill. The victim was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where he died. It is further alleged that at approximately 11:20 a.m., the defendant started three separate fires on the second floor of a two-family residence on Grant Avenue in Peekskill, where a relative lived.
The Peekskill Police Department arrested the defendant shortly after the incidents, following an investigation, with assistance from the Westchester County Department of Public Safety.
The case is before Judge George Fufidio in Westchester County Court, and is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Rachel Ehrhardt and Cooper Gorrie, both of the Trials and Investigations Division.
The charges against the defendant are merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
