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Parole Warning Preceded Cambridge Memorial Drive Shooting
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Parole Warning Preceded Cambridge Memorial Drive Shooting

A Massachusetts parole officer alerted police less than two hours before the Memorial Drive shooting in Cambridge that suspect Tyler Brown was suicidal and armed with an assault rifle. Brown, recently released from a psychiatric hospital and using crack cocaine, has a violent history including a 2020 incident in which he fired at Boston police; the case prompted questions about the leniency of his sentence as investigators review the deadly attack.

Cambridge Memorial Drive gunman tied to 2020 police-attack case
local1 day ago

Cambridge Memorial Drive gunman tied to 2020 police-attack case

46-year-old Tyler Brown of Boston was identified as the gunman who opened fire on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, injuring two people in life-threatening condition; he was shot by a state police trooper and a civilian and taken into custody. Brown had pleaded guilty in 2020 to eight charges, including armed assault with intent to murder for firing at a Boston Police officer, and received a 5–6 year prison sentence with probation and mandatory mental health treatment.