Authorities say a civilian and trooper likely prevented a mass-casualty event on the crowded roadway. The gunman fired more than 60 rounds while walking beside the road before officers shot and wounded him. This attacker, Tyler Brown, has a two decade long violent criminal history (see the bottom of this post).
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Brown was released early from prison in January 2026 and was under supervision by Massachusetts probation or parole authorities at the time of the Cambridge shooting. He was obviously banned from owning a gun, but was still able to obtain it illegally. In 2021, a judge sent him to prison for shooting at police. The sentence was just half of what prosecutors and police asked for. The police made an impassioned statement about how Tyler Brown to keep him in jail longer, but the judge reduced his sentence (see video below).
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A gunman who opened fire with what authorities said was an assault-style rifle on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts Monday afternoon was shot by a responding State Police trooper and a civilian. Two men in separate cars were shot and have life-threatening injuries.
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The suspect, 46-year-old Tyler Brown of Boston, is in custody and is being treated for gunshot wounds at a Boston hospital.
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It happened around 1:30 p.m. between River Street and the Pleasant Street extension. Videos from witnesses showed the gunman walking down the middle of the street firing and waving a rifle. . . .
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Brown was walking down the middle of Memorial Drive, firing the rifle in “an erratic fashion at various vehicles along the road,” Ryan said at a news conference Monday night.
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Ryan said 50-to-60 rounds were fired and at least a dozen vehicles were hit by bullets. Two men in separate vehicles were shot and are currently being treated for life-threatening injuries at Boston hospitals.
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As people scattered from their cars, Ryan said a State Police trooper and a civilian, a Marine veteran who has a license to carry a gun, went toward the suspect with their weapons.
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“Both the trooper and the civilian fired their weapons, and that suspect was struck multiple times in the extremities,” Ryan said. . .
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As a former San Diego police officer – and having trained for many years with handguns and rifles – I must say that the training cops get in their academies and in continuing training afterwards, does not bring them to the level of proficiency that they should possess. The best training I have had through the years has been with private trainers.
I say this in service of what SHOULD have happened. This violent individual should have been permanently stopped, right at the scene, to preclude not just the wounding or killing of further people, but to prevent his being released to the street by the Leftist judges who sentence according to DEI and critical race theory.
Just as bartenders can be found guilty of allowing customers to become so intoxicated they harm themselves and/or others, judges should be found guilty when they released a deranged and violent individual back onto the streets. We have seen far, far too many people killed, women and girls (and even infants) raped, and other violent crimes committed. This has to stop. It must BE stopped.
I live in a blue state where the police are regarded as an armed gang that supports a one party system. That being said, any criminal willing to shoot at a cop represents the most extreme danger to the public and our country. Armed civilians are the real guarantee that the law is upheld and justice is served with fairness to all.