On Halloween night, October 31, 2021, 18-year-old Lorenzo Romero was at a party at the Valley View Apartments in Albuquerque when a disturbance involving gunfire broke out. Romero was shot and privately transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Another person from the same incident arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound, and a third reported being struck by a vehicle while fleeing the scene.

Lorenzo, known to friends and family as Lolo, had graduated from high school that spring and was a decorated athlete at Valley High School — All-State in football and a member of a state championship basketball team. His mother described him as a father figure to his younger siblings and remembered him as loving, caring, and protective.

After nearly three years with no significant public developments, the Albuquerque Police Department announced a major breakthrough in June 2024: two men, Ray Torres and Alexavier Gutierrez, were identified and charged with murder in Lorenzo’s death. Torres reportedly turned himself in and a vehicle and a gun registered to him were linked to the shooting.

If anyone knew Lorenzo, was at that party, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.