The suspect accused of using an assault-style rifle to shoot towards traffic on a street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, leaving two victims with life-threatening injuries, was under the supervision of authorities, officials have said.
Tyler Brown, 46, of Boston, has been identified as the suspect who allegedly fired between 50 and 60 rounds at cars on Memorial Drive on Monday afternoon, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a press conference.
Ryan said the incident only lasted minutes after a state police trooper and a civilian, a former marine licensed to carry a firearm, both fired their weapons at the suspect multiple times, before treating him on the scene.
The alleged gunman was then transported to Boston hospital where he is in custody and being treated for gunshot wounds. Two men in separate cars were shot and are now being treated in hospital.
Ryan identified 46-year-old Brown as the suspect during a press conference on Monday, saying he “was under the supervision of either the Massachusetts Probation Department or Department of Parole.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
