In one of those stories that feels both tragic and depressingly familiar, 45-year-old Alvin Flores pleaded guilty to murdering 55-year-old Severo “Chevy” Losoya back in 2022. Flores shot Losoya in the head during what he claimed was a “drug deal gone wrong,” and will now spend the next 30 years in prison—a sentence that somehow feels both long and not nearly long enough.
Police tied Flores to the crime through ballistics from another shooting just nine days earlier. When questioned, Flores tried blaming a mysterious “friend” for the murder before admitting that, no, it was actually him. His excuse? He called Losoya a racial slur, got slapped for it, and then—fearing for his life, allegedly—decided the reasonable response was two bullets to the head. Witnesses, for the record, said there was no knife and no threat—just a deadly mix of ego, drugs, and stupidity.
Losoya’s family described him as kind, funny, and full of life—the type of person everyone liked until one man’s temper and gun took that away. His brother and daughter spoke of the “senseless act” that shattered their family, reminding everyone that murder doesn’t end at the victim—it keeps breaking hearts long after the gun goes quiet.
Only in Lubbock do we get a man who starts a fight by using a racial slur, ends it with a murder, and still expects anyone to buy the “I felt threatened” defense.
https://www.kcbd.com/2025/10/10/lubbock-man-pleads-guilty-october-2022-murder-severo-losoya/
