Filipino in Hawaii gets life without parole for road rage killing

A judge gave Eddieson Reyes a stiff sentence for fatally shooting 19-year-old Triston Billimon in a road rage incident in Honolulu. HPD

HONOLULU – A Filipino man in Hawaii must spend life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2021 road rage killing of a teenager in a neighborhood in Honolulu, a judge ruled Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Eddieson Reyes, 38, was found guilty last May of second degree murder and other charges for fatally shooting Triston Billlimon, 19, in a road rage incident near a freeway off-ramp to Kalihi, Honolulu.

Prosecutors said Reyes shot Billimon to death after forcing the latter’s car to a stop.

Although a life sentence for a second degree murder conviction usually comes with the possibility of parole, Reyes was meted a life sentence without parole as a persistent offender.

At the time of the June 18, 2021 shooting, Reyes was on parole for a prior assault and reckless endangerment with a firearm case.