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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 1-7, 2022
Man sentenced for
Sea Gate slaying
BY BEN BRACHFELD
A Sheepshead Bay man
was sentenced March 29 to
20-years-to-life in prison
for the 2017 killing of his
estranged wife at a family
reunion in Sea Gate.
Gabino Genao, 34, pled
guilty in November to
the May 26, 2017 murder
of his ex-wife Iveliss Alvarado,
whom he shot multiple
times in the head after
arriving uninvited to
the gathering in Sea Gate,
the cloistered, gated community
at the western
tip of Coney Island peninsula.
He copped to the
charges of second-degree
murder, criminal possession
of a weapon, reckless
endangerment, and assault,
according to Brooklyn
District Attorney Eric
Gonzalez.
“Today’s sentence holds
this defendant accountable
for the callous and senseless
murder of a young
mother of two at a family
reunion, and my condolences
go out to the family
of Iveliss Alvarado for their
tremendous loss,” Gonzalez
said in a statement. “My
Office has committed significant
resources to the
investigation and vigorous
prosecution of domestic
and gender-based violence
and I encourage any victim
in need of help or support
to reach out.”
The shooting took place
at about 11:15 pm outside
the Alvarado rowhouse on
West 36th Street near Canal
Avenue, just beyond the
community’s gates keeping
outsiders at bay. Genao
confronted his estranged
wife, who was visiting family
from Maryland, outside
the home and begged
her to reconcile their marriage;
after she refused, he
began to punch her, and
Genao also punched Alvarado’s
cousin after she
tried to intervene. Genao
then opened fire and shot
Alvarado multiple times in
the head, killing her.
When Alvarado’s
mother came out of the
house screaming, he said
“I killed her” and fled, according
Gabino Genao killed his estranged
wife at a Sea Gate family
reunion in 2017. Facebook
to a 2017 Daily
News report.
The perp, who had a
lengthy rap sheet including
assault charges and violating
restraining orders
related to domestic violence,
was a fugitive of justice
for a week until he was
apprehended by authorities
in Delaware on June
2, 2017, and extradited back
to Kings County to face the
music.
Genao has sued the city
a number of times, alleging
abusive treatment by
jail guards on Rikers Island.
He reached a $165,000
settlement with the city
around the time of Alvarado’s
murder, after alleging
that guards had beaten him
unconscious after he complained
about being locked
in his cell too long during
Hurricane Sandy in 2012,
when he was locked up on
unrelated charges. The
proceeds went to his three
daughters — two of which
he had with Alvarado.
Genao is also currently
suing the city in federal
court over a 2019 incident
where he alleged he had
been forcibly transferred,
sexually abused, and forcefed
laxatives by Manhattan
and Suffolk County jail
guards in November 2019.
A judge dismissed the
motion by Genao, who is
representing himself in
the case, arguing that he
had failed to state a justiciable
claim against the
defendants; the judge requested
he file an amended
claim by April 29.
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