Overview

• Officers responded on Sept. 13 to 550 River Street in Mattapan for a reported fight involving a gay couple and a nearby group of men.
• Police found one victim bleeding from the back of his head after being struck with a baseball bat, and Boston EMS transported him to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for evaluation.
• According to the police report, the couple said the group hurled anti-gay slurs before the confrontation; a witness reported some remarks were in Haitian Creole.
• The report noted two men were seen swinging unidentifiable objects as the crowd split up to attack both victims, and security video reviewed by the Globe showed a man on the ground being kicked.
• No arrests or suspects have been announced, the victims' names were redacted in official documents, and a nearby commercial strip was closed after a police visit, according to a neighbor.