Man Shot, Killed At Trail Ride Party

Another trail ride in Fayette County ended with a homicide late Saturday night, April 26.

Lt. David Beyer of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a call shortly before midnight reporting a shooting at The Pavilion, also known as R.C. Pavilion, an event venue on private property along Munke Rd. near Cozy Corner.

Beyer said a large crowd of people were trying to leave the property after the shooting, which hampered deputies’ arrival.

“A lot of folks were in panic mode,” Beyer said. “People were trying to get out of the area. It’s one-way in and one-way out. So officers had a difficult time getting in there. And when they did get in there, they located the individual. They started lifesaving measures and the individual was transported by EMS to the Smithville hospital. He did not make it. ”

Beyer identified the victim as 24-year-old Alzavier Hall of Snook.

Hall was pronounced deceased at the hospital, according to Fayette County EMS Director Josh Vandever.

Beyer said the Sheriff’s Office is investigating two “persons of interest.” He said the Texas Rangers are assisting in the investigation. Beyer told the Record on Tuesday that one of those persons of interest has been arrested on an unrelated charge in another county. That person has not yet been charged in relation to the shooting, Beyer said.

During the aftermath of the shooting, a multi-vehicle crash took place nearby at the intersection of FM 155 and Lane Pool Rd. Beyer said it involved some people who had left the property after the shooting. Texas Department of Public Safety investigated the crash. EMS transported four individuals from the crash scene with serious but not lifethreatening injuries, according to Vandever.

In addition, EMS transported one female from the Munke Rd. property for medical treatment. She was not injured in the shooting but was experiencing some type of medical distress, Beyer said.

“We had every ambulance in the County activated that night,” Beyer said. “And we had to call Colorado and Lee counties to come help with ambulance units.”

The shooting occurred on the same weekend as the MS150 bike ride, which brought nearly 5,000 cyclists to the county. Beyer said the Sheriff’s Office and EMS were already busy handling that event.

“It definitely taxed our resources to the max,” Beyer said.

The Fayette County Commissioners Court adopted mass gathering regulations last year in response to the massive “Real Deal Family Reunion” trail ride in September of 2024. That year, the event was mostly peaceful, but it brought thousands of people to the Nechanitz area. Neighbors later complained to county officials about loud noise, litter, and traffic issues during the event. Last year, the Real Deal organizers obtained a mass gathering permit from the County, and they worked with local officials ahead of the event to meet the new regulations.

Nonetheless, the 2025 Real Deal trail ride ended with tragedy when 19-year-old Andrew Dewayne Webb Jr. of Houston was shot and killed at the event.

“That’s two trail rides now where we’ve had shooting at, where we’ve had murders,” Beyer said.

It wasn’t the first time a shooting occurred at the Cozy Corner venue, either. In 2024, Fayette County deputies arrested a 25-year-old man from Elgin for firing shots at the property following a trail ride.

The trail ride event in Cozy Corner last weekend, advertised as “Best Thang Smoking,” was organized by a different group of people. They did not obtain a mass gathering permit from the County. The County’s regulations require a permit for events expected to draw more than 2,500 people.

The Best Thang Smoking organizers submitted a document to the Fayette County Judge’s Office, dated Feb. 3, which stated that the event was “expected to attract more than 100 people but will not exceed 2,500 persons that will remain on the property for more than five continuous hours…” The document stated that a company named “Five Star Security” would be providing security, and that the responsible party was a person named “Kevon Elmore.” The document included phone numbers for Elmore and the security company. The Record called both numbers and left a messages, but no one has called back as of press time.

“We can’t do anything to shut them down,” Beyer said. “We don’t have a legal right. People want us to shut them down, but how can we? It’s on private property.”

In a search on social media, the Record found advertisements for two more upcoming trail rides at the The Pavilion venue in Cozy Corner: one on May 29-30 called “Kickin Dust Up Campout and Trailride,” and another on Juneteenth weekend, June 19-20, called “Capitol City Campout and Trailride.”