In early April, two people allegedly severely beat Alred Torres Sr. in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He died earlier this week.
Alfred Torres Sr. ’s daughter, Laurie Lott , holds photos of her father at a vigil on May 7, 2026 outside the parking garage where he was attacked.
In early April, two people allegedly severely beat a man in the Marine Parking Garage in downtown Juneau. He was medevaced out of town. Nearly a month later, Alfred Torres Sr. was pronounced brain dead and taken off of life support on Monday. Torres’s family is reeling from the loss.
His daughter, Laurie Lott, said they last spoke in person when he was hospitalized in Juneau, right after the beating.
“On April 6, I received a call from my dad that he was beat up really bad, and that he was going to be medevaced to Anchorage,” she said. “And when I got to the hospital, he looked really bad, but he was able to talk. ”From Juneau, he was medevaced to Anchorage, then to Seattle. While in surgery there, he suffered a stroke.
The doctors told Lott they believed it was unsurvivable. Lott and her siblings quickly made arrangements to fly out to see him.
“We spent some time in the hospital at his bedside, hoping for a miracle, hoping that what they said was wrong, that he was going to wake up and come back,” she said. Alfred Torres Sr.’s family hosted a candlelit vigil for him on the Juneau waterfront on May 7, 2026. “They were able to use his kidneys and his liver to help save some lives, which speaks to the person that he was,” Lott said.
“He was a hero to everyone. He was an amazing person, and everybody loved him. ” Chelsea Willis, Torres’s niece, and Devon Rivera were arrested for the assault. Rivera faces three counts of felony assault.
He’s being held at Lemon Creek Correctional Center with a $2,500 bail and faces up to 10 years in prison. Willis faces one misdemeanor charge of assault and one felony charge of tampering with evidence. She could see up to two years in prison. Charging documents say Willis claims “they were acting in self-defense in relation to an alleged incident that occurred years prior.
”by the Alaska Department of Law says the state is evaluating whether to press further charges now that Torres has died from his injuries, but none had been filed as of Friday morning.
“If they can do this, I believe they can do it again,” she said. Alfred Torres Sr.’s daughter, Laurie Lott, holds photos of her father outside KTOO on May 7, 2026. “He helped us a lot with our kids,” Lott said.
“Just recently, he took them to the park, took them to watch the Gold Medal basketball game while we were at work. ”“Pool is his life,” Lott said.
“He’s been doing it since he was really young. He’s won many awards, gone to Vegas plenty of times throughout his life. I remember him going to Vegas every year, when he would play in his tournaments and stuff. ”“Just recently my son started wanting to play pool with him,” she said.
“He’d go with him to the teen center to play with him. ” Torres’s family held a candlelit vigil Thursday night outside of the parking garage where Torres was beaten. More than 100 people came to support the family. A memorial service for Torres will be held on Friday, May 22 at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.Sign up for The Signal
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