Prosecutors say two cousins were killed outside a Longview event hall after a dispute over alleged flirting.

LONGVIEW, Wash. — A Kelso man accused of killing two cousins outside a quinceañera in Longview has been charged with aggravated murder after police said he blamed the victims for smiling at his girlfriend and making eye contact with her.

The charges moved the case from an initial double-homicide arrest into a higher-stakes prosecution in Cowlitz County Superior Court. Andres Carrasco-Sanchez, 49, is accused in the deaths of Cristian Garcia Segundo, 21, and Sergio Adrian Segundo, 30, outside AWPPW Hall on April 11. Prosecutors also charged him with firearm and pursuit-related counts, and a judge ordered him held without bail pending trial.

The shooting was reported about 10:45 p.m. in the parking lot of AWPPW Hall in the 700 block of 15th Avenue, where about 200 people were gathered for a quinceañera. Longview police said officers arrived after reports that shots had been fired and found two victims with critical gunshot wounds. Both men died from their injuries. Police said they saw a suspect vehicle leaving the area and began a pursuit that moved into West Longview before circling back through town. Capt. Branden McNew said the suspect was later taken into custody after returning to the same parking lot and trying to run from officers.

Court records described a motive that investigators say began inside the birthday celebration. Carrasco-Sanchez told detectives he believed the two victims and a third unidentified person had been looking at and smiling at his girlfriend in a way he viewed as flirting. The name of the girlfriend was redacted in court papers. Investigators wrote that Carrasco-Sanchez left the gathering, went to a home he shared with the woman and got a handgun. The affidavit says he returned to the event hall intending to shoot the person he believed was making advances. Police said the two cousins were shot outside the hall. During an interview after Miranda warnings, court records say Carrasco-Sanchez admitted shooting both men once in the head.

The charging decision filed April 15 accused Carrasco-Sanchez of two counts of aggravated first-degree murder with firearm enhancements. The Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office also filed counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, attempting to elude a pursuing police officer and alien in possession of a firearm. The aggravated murder counts signal prosecutors are treating the killings as premeditated and tied to more than one victim. Prosecutors said the charges are allegations and not evidence, and Carrasco-Sanchez is presumed innocent unless proved guilty. KLOG reported that he was arraigned April 21, while later local court coverage said he pleaded not guilty.

The pursuit after the shooting has become a separate part of the case. Investigators said Carrasco-Sanchez drove away from AWPPW Hall as officers responded. During the chase, police said he threw a semiautomatic handgun from the vehicle window. Officers later recovered the firearm. The vehicle eventually returned to the area of the hall, where police said Carrasco-Sanchez got out and tried to flee on foot. Officers quickly arrested him. Those details support the eluding charge and may also be used by prosecutors to show what happened immediately after the gunfire. Police have not said publicly whether anyone else was physically injured in the parking lot.

The victims were identified in court and local reports as cousins from Michoacán, Mexico. Vanguardia reported that both men had work visas connected to apple-picking work in the United States and were from Tarímbaro. The same report said Michoacán migrant officials contacted their relatives and planned support for repatriating the bodies. Local fundraising efforts were also organized for funeral expenses. In Longview, the shooting turned a family milestone event into a crime scene beside Lake Sacajawea. AWPPW Hall, a labor hall and event space, sits near homes, parks and busy city streets, which made the large police response visible late that Saturday night.

Family members and loved ones have described the killings as sudden and hard to understand. Violeta Segundo, who said Cristian Garcia Segundo was her boyfriend, told a Portland television station she did not know Carrasco-Sanchez. She said she was overwhelmed when she learned Garcia had been killed. “It makes me really concerned, like, why would this happen?” Segundo said. She said Garcia had left the party with her earlier that night but later returned. “I don’t know why he went back,” she said. “Why did he have to go back?” Her comments gave the case a personal face as the court record focused on allegations, dates and charging language.

The case now turns on the court process, including evidence from the parking lot, the recovered gun, witness accounts from the party and statements police say Carrasco-Sanchez made after his arrest. Investigators said Carrasco-Sanchez told them the victims were at fault after he was informed they had died. That alleged statement is expected to be central to how prosecutors describe his state of mind. Defense filings and arguments had not yet laid out a full response to the allegations in the public reports reviewed. The next major steps are pretrial hearings, evidence review and decisions on trial scheduling in Cowlitz County Superior Court.

Carrasco-Sanchez remains held without bail as the aggravated murder case moves forward. The two victims, Cristian Garcia Segundo and Sergio Adrian Segundo, are being remembered by relatives in Washington and Mexico while prosecutors prepare the case for its next court date.

Author note: Last updated May 7, 2026.