OMAHA — United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Khyre Holbert, 31, of Omaha, Neb., was charged by complaint for being a felon in possession of a firearm for his role in a shooting that occurred in Omaha on October 4, 2025.
In November, 2018, Holbert pled guilty to three violations of federal law and was sentenced to 240 months of imprisonment by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. Subsequent to his sentencing, on Jan. 21, 2025, Holbert was granted clemency by former United States President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
At the time, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska objected to the grant of clemency due to Holbert’s gang affiliation and significant criminal history, along with the nature of his criminal convictions in that case, which included possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Clemency was ordered over that objection…