San Francisco, CA – San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced today that the Honorable Judge Eric Fleming indicated today that he will sentence Keonte Gathron (25) to a term of two life sentences (including one without the possibility of parole) and 31 years to be served consecutively in State Prison following his conviction for a murder committed during a robbery and numerous other crimes committed in 2019. The sentence is scheduled to be finalized and formally imposed on December 3, 2025.
“Mr. Gathron is now being held accountable for his heinous crimes that targeted vulnerable victims and will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. “While nothing can bring Grandma Huang back to her family, today’s sentence hopefully leaves the victims and their families with a sense that justice was done for all that they have endured.”
Mr. Gathron was convicted by a jury, on November 4, 2025, of first-degree murder, eight counts of robbery, one count of kidnapping for robbery, two counts of carjacking, two counts of burglary, as well as elder abuse and child endangerment. The jury also found true the allegations that he personally used a firearm during three of the incidents
According to testimony and other evidence presented at trial, Mr. Gathron intentionally and violently targeted vulnerable members of our community for his own financial gain. Mr. Gathron robbed seven residents in just 13 days in January 2019. Three of his victims were elderly and three were juveniles – on their way to or from school. Six were Asian – most of whom spoke little or no English. Each victim was selected because they were alone, distracted and small. In that way, Mr. Gathron’s actions had outsize impact on our whole City.
The case against Mr. Gathron was successfully prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Nathan Quigley, with assistance from District Attorney Investigator Douglass Keeley, paralegals Jessica Diamond, Julio Flores Guzman, the subpoena unit for coordinating all of the court interpretation requests, and IT support from Noaeh Pinaire. Victim Advocates Peter Huyhn worked closely with the surviving victims and Ms. Huang’s family through the pendency of the case. The case was solved thanks to the tireless work of San Francisco Police Sergeants Francis Feliciano and Carmichael Reyes.
“No verdict or sentence could ever fill the hole left when a loved one is taken from us violently,” said Assistant District Attorney Nathan Quigley. “I hope the sentence to be imposed at least gives each of the people victimized by this man, as well as the family of Ms. Huang, a sense of closure and some measure of justice for the harm he has caused. It also serves as a reminder that our office will never quit defending the basic human dignity of each of the residents of our City, no matter their age, their gender, the language they speak, or where they were born.”
Court Numbers: 19001061, 19001582, 19011055
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法院表示，基昂特·加斯隆因謀殺罪被判處終身監禁，不得假釋
舊金山，加州 –舊金山地區檢察官謝安宜今天宣布，可敬的法官埃裡克·弗萊明今日表示，他將對基昂特·加斯龍（25歲）判處兩個無期徒刑（其中一個不得假釋）及31年有期徒刑，且刑期將連續執行，此判決是在他因2019年在一次搶劫中犯下謀殺及其他多項罪行定罪後作出的。該刑期預計將於2025年12月3日正式確定並宣判。
地區檢察官謝安宜說：「蓋斯倫先生現在因針對弱勢受害者的可惡犯罪而被追究責任，並將度過餘生在監獄中，且無假釋可能。」「雖然沒有任何事情能把黃婆婆帶回她的家人身邊，但今天的判決希望能讓受害者及其家屬感受到，對他們所經歷的一切，正義得到了伸張。
Gathron先生經陪審團裁決，罪名包括一項一級謀殺罪、八項搶劫罪、一項為了搶劫而實施的綁架罪、兩項劫車罪、兩項入室盜竊罪，及虐待長者與危害兒童罪。陪審團並認定，在其中三宗事件中，他個人使用了槍械。
根據在陪審團審訊中提出的證供及其他證據顯示，Gathron先生有計劃且以極端暴力手段，為了個人經濟利益，鎖定並攻擊社區中弱勢的成員。2019年1月間，他在短短13天內搶劫了七名居民，其中三名為長者，三名為當時正在上學或放學路上的未成年人。六名受害者是亞裔，大多只會說很少或完全不會說英語。每一位受害者都是因為獨自一人、分心且身形瘦小而遭到鎖定。正因如此，Gathron先生的行為對整個城市造成了極大且深遠的影響。
本案由助理地方檢察官Nathan Quigley主導起訴，並由地方檢察官調查員Douglass Keeley、法務助理Jessica Diamond、Julio Flores Guzman、負責協調及安排所有法庭口譯服務的傳票小組，以及提供資訊科技支援的Noaeh Pinaire共同協助。受害者倡導員黃啟發 (Peter Huyhn）在案件審理過程中，與倖存的受害者以及黃女士家屬密切合作。本案之所以得以偵破，要歸功於三藩市警察局警佐 (Francis Feliciano) 與 (Carmichael Reyes) 鍥而不捨的努力。
「任何判決都無法彌補親人被暴力奪去生命後留下的傷痛，」助理地方檢察官內森·奎格利說。「我希望最終的判決至少能讓所有受害者，以及黃女士的家人，感到一絲慰藉，並為他們所遭受的傷害伸張正義。同時，這也提醒我們，無論年齡、性別、語言或出生地如何，我們辦公室都將始終捍衛我們城市每一位居民的基本人格尊嚴。”
法院案件號碼：19001061, 19001582, 19011055
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