DA: Suspect identified, facing charges after 2 seriously injured in Cambridge shootout
Brown allegedly fired 50 to 60 rounds at passing cars before a trooper and a former Marine stopped the attack, authorities said.
- On Monday, May 11, 2026, a police-involved shooting occurred on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, where Massachusetts State Police troopers engaged an armed gunman, who was shot, while emergency responders treated at least one person for gunshot injuries.
- Cambridge Emergency Communications received 911 calls reporting gunfire near the intersection of River Street around 1:30 p.m., with the incident centered at 808 Memorial Drive beside the Charles River.
- Witnesses reported hearing about 30 shots, while longtime resident Yvonne described the incident as "nerve-wracking." "This type of danger doesn't happen in Cambridge," she told the Herald.
- With the suspect in custody, the Harvard University Police Department confirmed there is no ongoing danger to the public, though Memorial Drive remains closed to traffic at River Street.
- Investigators are exploring potential links to an earlier incident in Boston, while Governor Maura Healey monitors the situation and city officials warn of significant traffic delays as units inspect the scene.
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On Monday, a man opened fire on random passersby on Memorial Drive in the American town of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Two people were injured in the incident.
Panic near Harvard and MIT after gunman randomly fires at passing cars, hitting dozens of vehicles
Tyler Brown, 46, woke up on a random Massachusetts morning and drove to a busy road that leads toward Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brown allegedly ended up firing over 60 rounds at at least a dozen passing vehicles, leaving people struggling to understand why he put so many lives in danger. Lately, some of the top universities in the United States have found themselves at a crossroads with the administration over…
A Good Man With a Gun Proved the Second Amendment Still Works in Cambridge
by David Manney, PJ Media: A man named Tyler Brown opened fire on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Mass., this week, turning an ordinary Monday afternoon into a rolling ambush near Harvard and MIT. Middlesex DA Marian Ryan said Brown, a 46-year-old Boston man (notice no doctor was needed to identify Brown as a man), fired […]
Good guy with a gun stops mass shooting – The Horn News
A Marine veteran with a concealed carry permit teamed up with a Massachusetts State Police trooper and stopped an active shooter on Cambridge’s Memorial Drive Monday afternoon. The gunman had already fired more than 50 rounds at rush-hour traffic before the trooper and Marine combined to put him down. Tyler Brown, 46, of Boston, walked down the center of Memorial Drive around 1:30 p.m. carrying an assault-style rifle and opened fire on passing v…
Democratic Boston councilor rips ‘soft-on-crime’ policies after suspected gunman’s violent past revealed
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democratic Boston city councilor slammed what he views as “soft-on-crime” policies that allowed the man who allegedly opened fire in nearby Cambridge on Monday to walk free after previously serving a short amount of time for violent offenses. Tyler Brown, 46, is in custody after allegedly firing 50 to 60 rounds into traffic on Memorial Drive in Cambridge early in the afternoon on Monday. Terrifyin…
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