BOSTON — 55-year-old Oscar Lyles, Jr appeared in Boston Municipal Court Monday, charged with a violent unprovoked attack on a man at Boston’s Back Bay Commuter Rail station Sunday night.
Transit Police say the incident happened shortly before 7:00 p.m. Sunday in the station’s lobby while the victim was seated on a bench.
According to court documents, the victim told investigators he was sucker-punched.
“It’s alleged Mr. Lyles punched the victim in the face multiple times. Pushed him. Took a shoe off his foot and struck him a number of times with his shoe,” a prosecutor said in court Monday.
And authorities say the attack was recorded on Back Bay Station’s video surveillance system.
At the time of Sunday’s attack, Lyles was free on bail, awaiting trial on charges he allegedly punched a Boston Police officer in the head at Boston Medical Center’s Shapiro Building during a disturbance at the facility’s covid screening area in July 2020.
The Police officer suffered head trauma.
Oscar Lyles’ bail was revoked in the case of the assault on a Boston Police officer.
He is held without bail, at least through late August.
Sunday’s troubling case comes as Boston Police continue to try to identify a group of young men wanted in a separate attack outside South Station early Friday morning. Witness video shows 20-year-old Adam Neufell being beaten on the sidewalk outside South Station early Friday morning.
A police report into that case was released on Monday.
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Boston Police say the South Station case is open and active and that there is no arrest.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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