BOSTON, June 22, 2016—The Suffolk County Grand Jury this week returned indictments charging a Dorchester man with causing the death of 45-year-old Brian Hingston during a fight behind an Adams Street bakery, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said.

The indictments, returned Monday, charge BRYAN McELHINNEY (D.O.B. 8/17/92) with manslaughter and aggravated assault and battery in connection with the April 17 incident that claimed the Quincy resident’s life near the intersection of Adams Street and Gallivan Boulevard.

The investigation by Assistant District Attorney Catherine Ham and Boston Police homicide detectives revealed that Hingston, McElhinney, and others were celebrating a friend’s birthday on the night of April 16 into the morning of April 17. Two members of that group became involved in a fistfight in the parking lot of the Greenhill Bakery. Neither the defendant nor the victim was involved in this portion of the fisticuffs, authorities said.

The investigation further revealed that McElhinney joined in the fight and struck another man. At this point, the evidence suggests, Hingston attempted to intervene and McElhinney struck him once in the face. Hingston fell to the ground, hit his head, and never regained consciousness. He was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.

McElhinney will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on July 8.

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