A 17-year-old Madison teen was charged with a hate crime after allegedly punching an 18-year-old on a Madison Metro bus.
Jay'von Flemming was charged Wednesday with battery to a public transit vehicle passenger with a hate crime enhancer.
According to the Madison police, Flemming and two other people were teasing the victim about being gay before punching the victim in the nose and ear as they left the bus at Alhambra Place. The incident happened Sunday around 5 p.m.
""The victim is gay and has been bullied in the past by one of the three teens who taunted him on the bus,"" Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement.
Police said the victim did not know the other two suspects.
The victim was treated at a local hospital.
MPD has tentatively identified one suspect, but he has not been located, DeSpain said.
