Gabino Genao, the Brooklyn man wanted by police over allegedly shooting and killing his wife, Ivelisse Alvarado-Genao, on Coney Island, is the same man named in the 2014 Rikers Island scandal where several officers and a veteran Captain were indicted over the assault of an inmate and a subsequent cover-up.
From 2014: At the George R. Vierno Center, one of the 10 jails at Rikers, an inmate named Gabino Genao became verbally abusive to one of the defendants, officials said. In response, the defendants went into Mr. Genao’s cell, handcuffed him from behind and led him to a vestibule, “where one of the officers allegedly threw the first punch, but missed when the inmate ducked,” Mr. Johnson said.
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The officers then pushed Mr. Genao to the floor, and all three began to punch and kick him in the head, neck and torso, officials said. At one point, one of the officers grabbed a baton and hit him multiple times. He then lost consciousness.
Mr. Genao suffered multiple contusions that officials said were consistent with the imprint of a standard-issue baton used by the Correction Department. He had been incarcerated for a parole violation.
Today, Genao is the subject of a manhunt after officers responded to a call of shots fired in Coney Island around 11:15 p.m., police said. When they arrived, cops found an unconscious 30-year-old woman, later identified as his wife. Ivelisse was found shot in the head.
EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.
Gabino Genao, 30, the victim’s husband, is wanted in her killing, police said. He’s described to be about 6 feet tall and weighs around 200 pounds.