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Man sucker punched by stranger near Fenway has a long road to recovery, family says
Police are still seeking the suspect in the Sept. 28 incident.
Boston police are still seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly sucker punched a stranger last month, causing a brain bleed that will take several months to heal, his family says.
Around 12:40 a.m. on Sept. 28, police received a report of an aggravated assault in progress outside of Loretta’s Last Call on Lansdowne Street.
The victim was punched in the face and fell to the ground in a crosswalk, according to a video obtained by police.
Emergency personnel observed the victim, Jack Farrell, 22, laying on the ground unresponsive with a significant amount of blood coming out of his nose and mouth, police say.
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The suspect was seen leaving the scene towards Brookline Avenue on foot and was wearing a gray hoodie, police say.
Farrell was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police say.
Farrell suffered a brain bleed and doctors removed part of his skull, his mother, Mona Saltalamacchia, told Boston.com. He spent several days in the Beth Israel ICU and will be released from the hospital to continue his recovery in outpatient physical therapy as early as this Thursday, she said.
Farrell still has several months of recovery ahead of him before doctors will replace the piece of his skull that was removed. “He will be out of work long-term, which is very frustrating for him because he’s 22 and thought he’d bounce back, but that’s not the case,” Saltalamacchia added.
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“We still need people to say something, do something, report it, so when the time comes for this person to go to court, we have evidence,” Saltamacchia said.
Anyone with information regarding the incident or identity of the suspect is asked to contact Boston police at 1-800-494-8477.
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