Chef Tyson Pickette was walking home from work just before midnight on Friday through Southwest Corridor Park, when he says he was approached by two young men who demanded his belongings.When he refused, they punched him in the face and head repeatedly. Pickette's injuries were so serious that he now has two steel plates in his jaw where it was broken"You want to feel safe in your own neighborhood," he said through his injured jaw. "I shouldn't be afraid of taking my trust out in the back and getting jumped."Boston police are now searching for the attackers. The men got away with Pickette's phone, and officers tracked the device to Roxbury, but so far have made no arrests.

Chef Tyson Pickette was walking home from work just before midnight on Friday through Southwest Corridor Park, when he says he was approached by two young men who demanded his belongings.

When he refused, they punched him in the face and head repeatedly. Pickette's injuries were so serious that he now has two steel plates in his jaw where it was broken


"You want to feel safe in your own neighborhood," he said through his injured jaw. "I shouldn't be afraid of taking my trust out in the back and getting jumped."

Boston police are now searching for the attackers. The men got away with Pickette's phone, and officers tracked the device to Roxbury, but so far have made no arrests.