Relatives of Boston beating victim appeal for information

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25 Aug

A funeral party mourning the death of a young man killed in a Lynn motorcycle crash allegedly turned into a violent mob outside a Back Bay nightclub last week, attacking a stranger who tried to bum a cigarette, a prosecutor said today in court.

That request for a smoke turned into an argument. Insults flew back and forth. Twelve of the men — including nine wearing matching rented tuxedos for the funeral — are accused of pouncing on the stranger and his two friends on Stanhope Street, prosecutors said.

The stranger, Jose Alicea, 22, suffered such severe head injuries in the beating that he died last night at Massachusetts General Hospital. The funeral party — which included 32 men and four women — climbed into two limousines and tried to drive away before being stopped by police.

“Mr. Alicea was left there bleeding from a head wound on the street,” said Assistant Suffolk District Attorney Cory S. Flashner today in Boston Municipal Court.

The 12 men accused in the beating all entered not guilty pleas to a charge of assault and battery with serious bodily injury or death. Security cameras captured almost the entire episode, which occurred at 2:25 a.m. on Friday outside 33 Restaurant & Lounge.

This afternoon, the victim’s relatives reacted with sorrow and anger at the brutal violence that befell Alicea. They said Alicia was the father of a five year old boy and had worked most recently as the delivery man for Hi Fi Pizza in Dorchester. Next >>