A 46-year-old career criminal with a long rap sheet, including a 2020 shootout in which he fired thirteen rounds at Boston police officers, was caught on video Monday afternoon walking down a major Boston-area roadway and indiscriminately opening fire on passing vehicles with a semi-automatic rifle.
Tyler Brown, of Dorchester, sprayed 50 to 60 rounds along Memorial Drive in Cambridge around 1:30 p.m. on Monday.
Two innocent drivers were struck and left in critical condition.
Brown continued firing until a Massachusetts State Police trooper shot him, ending the rampage.
A former Marine who was driving nearby also reportedly assisted in stopping the threat.
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BREAKING: The man caught on video OPENING FIRE in the middle of a major Boston-area road today has been identified as VlOLENT career criminal Tyler Brown
Brown was SUPPOSED to be in prison for attempting to MURDER A COP, but a WOKE JUDGE let him out early
THESE JUDGES MUST GO!… pic.twitter.com/oNYiBRnXFV
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 11, 2026
The shooting occurred just minutes after Boston police had issued an alert to Cambridge authorities. Brown’s parole officer had contacted police after seeing him on a FaceTime call brandishing a rifle and making suicidal statements. Officers were conducting a wellness check at his home when he fled across the river and began his attack on Memorial Drive.
Boston 25 News reports:
During the shooting, two people in separate vehicles were struck, including an MBTA bus driver. A family member told Boston25 the victim was shot in the head. A mail truck was also hit by gunfire, though the driver was not injured.
Both shooting victims remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Authorities said a state police trooper arriving at the scene, along with a civilian described as a former Marine licensed to carry a firearm, moved toward the suspect while shots were being fired. Officials said the suspect was struck multiple times in the lower extremities and treated at the scene.
According to Ryan, people abandoned their vehicles and ran in multiple directions as the shooting unfolded. Some individuals reportedly took cover underneath their cars. A bullet also struck the front of the cruiser driven by the officer involved in stopping the suspect.
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan confirmed Brown is in custody and facing multiple charges, including two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, weapons offenses, and additional felonies.
Brown remains hospitalized after being shot by the trooper.
In May 2020, Brown engaged in a broad daylight shootout with Boston police officers after they responded to a report of a man with a gun.
He fired 13 rounds at close range at officers who were attempting to speak with him.
No officers were hit, but Brown was arrested after a violent struggle.
In August 2021, Brown pleaded guilty to eight felony charges, including armed assault with intent to murder a police officer, attempted assault and battery by discharging a firearm, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm as a subsequent offender, carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of a large-capacity feeding device.
Suffolk County prosecutors, under then-DA Rachael Rollins, had asked for 10 to 12 years in state prison.
Instead, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet L. Sanders sentenced Brown to just 5 to 6 years, with credit for 534 days already served.
“These police officers responded to a 911 call. They were met by Mr. Brown who brazenly attempted to kill them on the streets Boston. Mr. Brown shot nearly three times as many bullets as two BPD officers did in response to his violence. Mr. Brown’s actions have inflicted significant trauma on these officers and their loved ones, as well as bystanders and our community,” District Attorney Rollins said in a press release at the time. “We stand solidly by the sentence we proposed and will continue to request significant sentences in the face of such brazen and violent behavior.”
Brown was released on parole after serving approximately three years and was still under GPS monitoring and probation at the time of Monday’s shooting.
One of the Boston police officers Brown tried to kill in 2020 wrote a powerful victim-impact statement at the time.
The statement read in part, “I am a firm believer that when Mr. Tyler Brown gets out, he will hurt, or worse, kill someone. Probation apparently means nothing to Mr. Tyler Brown, nor does the value of life,” according to a report from WCVB.
Brown also had a prior 2014 conviction for stabbing two men in Chinatown and witness intimidation.
Repeat violent offenders like Brown are repeatedly given second, third, and fourth chances while law-abiding citizens pay the price. Sometimes with their lives.
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