His lawyer didn't immediately return a telephone call Friday evening.
Prosecutors say Gavalo strode up to a parked car and fired through its windows, killing 22-year-old passenger Ernesto Salgado.
Twenty-four-year-old driver Tony Morales was seriously hurt. The victims had recently left the nightclub.
The shooting came as the city cracked down on clubs after a New Jersey teenager was abducted, raped and killed after a night at a Manhattan nightspot.
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