Scott Hayes, 47, was arrested Thursday evening following the incident near Washington and Harvard streets in Newtonville. According to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and acting Newton Police Chief George McMains, Hayes was demonstrating with a small group when another man, a 31-year-old Newton resident, began shouting comments at the demonstrators from across the street.
Video posted to social media captured part of Thursday's incident, and a man can be seen shouting at the demonstrators from across the street, accusing them of defending genocide. After someone from the pro-Israel group called the man stupid, the video cuts to the man sprinting across the street to tackle Hayes.
Authorities previously said the man who was shot suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital. As of Friday afternoon, he was expected to survive.
Newton police have also applied for a criminal complaint for assault and battery charges against the 31-year-old, according to Ryan and McMains. A clerk magistrate's hearing will determine whether probable cause exists for prosecutors to pursue charges.
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