Kaeylab Gonzales

Introduction

Kaeylab Gonzales, a 22-year-old man from Denton, Nebraska, was sentenced to 82 to 93 years in prison for the July 2024 shooting death of 25-year-old Francisco Javier Alvis outside a south Lincoln grocery store . Court documents show the sentence covers manslaughter, using a firearm to commit a felony, assault by a confined person without a weapon, and a controlled-substance charge . The case that produced it began as a marijuana deal in a parking lot outside Russ’s Market and ended with Alvis shot three times, clinging to a fleeing friend’s Jeep, and pleading with that friend to “save himself” .

Background Information

The documented story of Gonzales’s case is the story of the deal it grew out of. Surveillance footage showed Alvis and another man, 25-year-old Jose Reyes, parked in the lot in two different pickup trucks; police believe the pair were there to sell marijuana and were waiting for Gonzales’s co-defendant, 22-year-old Ge’Auvieon Crayton, to arrive . Officers would later discover 9.69 pounds of marijuana in Alvis’s vehicle, according to an arrest affidavit . Alvis did not trust Crayton and had asked Reyes to work as “security” to ensure his safety . Further investigation showed Crayton and Gonzales had been communicating about the drug deal with Alvis, and surveillance video from a separate location placed Gonzales in Crayton’s vehicle a short time before the shooting .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced.

On July 5, 2024, at 10 p.m., police were called to the parking lot near South Coddington Avenue and West A Street: one caller reported shots fired near Russ’s Market, and a second caller reported a man suffering from gunshot wounds near South Folsom and West A streets . First responders found Alvis with three gunshot wounds about a mile from where the shots were reportedly fired; he was taken to Bryan West, where he died from his injuries .

The surveillance footage documented what led up to the gunfire. A silver Jeep parked near the two pickups, and Crayton got out and sat down in the passenger seat of Alvis’s truck, leaving the vehicle once before returning . One of Alvis’s friends, driving a maroon Jeep, spotted his pickup as he passed and stopped in the lot to visit; as he pulled up, gunfire broke out in Alvis’s vehicle, and Alvis quickly opened the door and ran to the maroon Jeep . Authorities would later discover that Gonzales and Crayton were with Alvis in his vehicle as the shots rang out; spent casings from a .40-caliber firearm and a 9 mm firearm were found at the scene, suggesting two guns were used . Alvis grabbed onto his friend’s driver’s door and window as the Jeep sped out of the lot, holding on as it traveled east down A Street while police suspect Crayton and Gonzales followed them down the road . The fleeing Jeep carried a single bullet hole in its driver’s side door — police believe someone in Crayton’s vehicle shot at it during the escape . Alvis reportedly told his friend to stop the car and let him off, pleading with him to “save himself,” according to the search warrant; the friend stopped near South Folsom and West A streets, and Alvis let go . Crayton was arrested on July 6 after police quickly connected him to the scene; Gonzales was arrested on August 12, 2024, after an arrest warrant was executed in Lincoln .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case moved through the courts for more than two years after the arrests. Gonzales was originally charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and unlawful discharge of a firearm . Last month — October 2026 — he pleaded guilty to manslaughter and use of a firearm to commit a felony . On Thursday, November 12, 2026, court documents show, he was sentenced to 82 to 93 years in prison for manslaughter, using a firearm to commit a felony, assault by a confined person without a weapon, and a controlled-substance charge .

Current Status

Gonzales is serving a sentence of 82 to 93 years imposed in November 2026, the product of guilty pleas entered the month before . The sentencing coverage did not report an outcome for co-defendant Ge’Auvieon Crayton.

Impact on Their Career/Life

Gonzales was 22 years old when the 82-to-93-year term was imposed — a span measured in decades, the price of the pleas to manslaughter and a firearm felony that resolved charges which began as first-degree murder . The record that sent him there is unusually complete for a parking-lot killing: two firearms’ worth of casings, 9.69 pounds of marijuana in the victim’s truck, the victim’s own “security” arrangement with a friend he trusted more than the buyer, and surveillance placing Gonzales in Crayton’s vehicle shortly before the shooting .

Sources

• “Man sentenced for drug deal, fatal shooting outside Lincoln grocery store in 2024” — KOLN 10/11 NOW, November 2026: source