Report reveals threats made by Memorial Drive suspect before shooting
WCVB • • nation
Key Points:
- Tyler Brown, a Boston felon with a history of armed assault, allegedly opened fire with a rifle along Memorial Drive in Cambridge on Monday, injuring two bystanders with life-threatening wounds.
- Hours before the shooting, Brown made threats of self-harm and displayed a weapon during a FaceTime call with his parole officer, stating, "These people are gonna (expletive) pay" and "I'm not going back to prison."
- Brown, who pleaded guilty in 2021 to armed assault charges for firing at a Boston police officer, was released on parole in March 2025 and was known to suffer from PTSD, depression, and anxiety, with mandatory parole conditions including electronic monitoring and mental health counseling.
- He had been discharged from McLean Psychiatric Hospital just days before the incident, where he was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
- Brown, 46, has been charged with several offenses including assault to murder, and police tracked him to Cambridge using a warrant to ping his phone following the FaceTime call.