BOSTON, August 16, 2018— A man was arraigned today on charges he opened fire outside an MBTA, critically injuring a 24-year-old man, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

LUSHAUN GAY, 27, was arraigned today in Roxbury Municipal Court in connection with yesterday’s shooting at Mass Ave station on the MBTA’s Orange Line. Assistant District Attorney Lynn Feigenbaum requested bail of $100,000; Judge Pamela Dashiell set bail in the amount of $75,000.

Feigenbaum told the court that the victim was with several individuals at Mass Ave station at approximately 10:00 p.m. yesterday when a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt, later identified as Gay, approached with a handgun. Gay opened fire, striking the victim multiple times, prosecutors said. He then fled on a bicycle through Southwest Corridor Park.

The victim was transported to Boston Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.

Shortly after the shooting, a witness who had heard the gunfire reported seeing a man throw a bicycle into a fenced-off alley in the area of Columbus Avenue and then hop over the fence. Boston Police responded to the area and found Gay shirtless in the alley. He allegedly made incriminating statements to officers and indicated that there was a firearm in his backpack, prosecutors said. Officers recovered the gun and a gray sweatshirt.

State Police detectives assigned to Conley’s office responded to the scene and are leading the investigation into the shooting, which occurred on state property. Additional State Police units and Transit Police also responded.

Tina Nguyen is the DA’s assigned victim witness advocate. Gay was represented by Zachary Lown. He returns to court Sept. 19.

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