Tyler Brown Faces 2 Attempted-Murder Counts After 60-Round Cambridge Traffic Shooting
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Updated · The New York Times · May 12
Tyler Brown Faces 2 Attempted-Murder Counts After 60-Round Cambridge Traffic Shooting
9 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 12
Two men suffered life-threatening injuries after Brown, 46, allegedly fired as many as 60 rounds with an assault-style rifle into traffic on Memorial Drive near the River Street Bridge.
A state trooper and an armed former Marine ran toward the gunfire, exchanged shots with Brown and wounded him, ending an attack that authorities said lasted only minutes.
At least a dozen vehicles were damaged, the trooper’s cruiser was hit and drivers fled or hid under cars as police responded to reports of gunfire around 1 p.m.
Brown, a Boston resident, was hospitalized with gunshot wounds and will be charged with two counts of armed assault with intent to murder; authorities said no motive has been identified.
The shooting unfolded on a heavily traveled road by the Charles River near Harvard and MIT, and prosecutors said the rifle had enough range to endanger people across the river.
Could better parole technology and support have prevented the Cambridge shootout?
With Massachusetts's strict new gun law, how did a parolee obtain a rifle?