Quincy man arrested for 2025 murder

QUINCY — Lorenzo Longoria, 41, of Quincy has been booked into Grant County Jail for murder in the second degree regarding a case that began in May 2025. 

According to the Quincy Police Department probable cause statement on May 15, 2025, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of I Street Southwest in Quincy. Officers discovered Joshua David Avalos, 34, deceased at the scene. Several gun casings were also discovered at the scene.  

Quincy officers then began an investigation of the homicide, according to the probable cause statement. Throughout the several-month investigation, QPD established probable cause to arrest Longoria for second-degree murder (intentional).  

Longoria was being housed at the Kittitas County Jail for four counts of theft of a firearm, second-degree theft and first-degree burglary. He was transferred to the custody of Grant County Jail on Monday morning, according to the Grant County Jail roster.  

He is being held with a bail of $1 million for the murder charge. He was also booked on a Grant County District Court warrant with a bail of $1,721.50, according to the Grant County Jail Roster.