Boston Bouncer Accused Of Stabbing Marine To Death Due Back In Court

BOSTON — The bouncer charged with stabbing a Marine veteran to death outside of a Boston bar on St. Patrick's Day weekend will appear in court again Thursday.

Alvaro Omar Larrama is expected to appear before a judge in Boston Municipal Court for a probable hearing Thursday.

Prosecutors say bouncer Alvaro Larrama surrendered himself over to police after reportedly stabbing Daniel Martinez, a 23-year-old visiting Marine veteran after an altercation outside of the Sons of Boston bar on Union Street on March 19.

Martinez died from a single stab wound to the chest, police later revealed.

Larrama surrendered to police on Monday, March 21, two days after Martinez was fatally stabbed. The veteran was visiting a friend in Boston for the holiday weekend but lived in Illinois.

The Martinez family intends to sue Sons of Boston for Daniel's death, Thomas Flaws, the lawyer representing the Martinez family said in a meeting over Zoom on March 31. Members of Martinez's family, friends, and Marine Corps brothers are expected to attend Larrama's court hearing Thursday.

Larrama is currently being held without bail, and Sons of Boston's entertainment license was suspended indefinitely after police said the establishment failed to call the police following the bouncer's suspected role in the incident and had allowed armed security without approval.

A further investigation found that the managers of the bar never performed a background check on Larrama and the bar's liquor license was revoked.

On Saturday, March 19, police responded to the Union Street bar just after 7 p.m. after receiving reports of a stabbing. Upon arrival, police found Martinez suffering from a single stab wound to the chest. Emergency crews brought him to the hospital where he later died.

According to prosecutors, surveillance footage shows Larrama denying Martinez and a friend entrance to the pub, then following them down the block towards Paddy O's. In the video, prosecutors say Martinez hit Larrama in the head with an aluminum beer bottle, then Larrama struck Martinez in the chest.

Police say Larrama then returned to Sons of Boston, where he washed his hands, threw away his sweatshirt, turned his shirt inside out, and left out a back entrance of the bar. Boston police issued a warrant for Larrama's arrest after a few of his colleagues identified him as the person who stabbed Martinez, but he turned himself in two days later, police say.

The case against Larrama will return to court in June.

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