Donnie Reed gets six years in prison for reckless homicide of soldier

YOUNGSTOWN — An Austintown man who was initially charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a soldier has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of reckless homicide and been sentenced immediately to six years in prison.

Donnie R. Reed, 49, of Burkey Road, entered his plea and received his sentence today from Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court in the April 4 death of Army Pvt. Randy Davis, 22, of Boardman and Youngstown.

The nonappealable sentence, which was agreed to by the prosecution and defense and adopted by the judge, will consist of three years for the gun specification, followed by three years for the reckless homicide. Reed had no prior criminal convictions.

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