Police warned that accused Cambridge, Mass., shooter Tyler Brown would again “hurt or kill someone” after receiving a lenient sentence for opening fire on police in 2020.
And six years later, that message proved prophetic – when he randomly unloaded an assault rifle across a busy Cambridge thoroughfare in broad daylight on Monday.
“I firmly believe that when Mr. Tyler Brown gets out, he will hurt someone, or worse, kill someone,” said a Boston police officer who convicted Brown, 46, of attempted murder in the 2020 shooting in which he fired 13 bullets from a Glock at officers at close range.
The judge did not listen to the 2021 victim impact statement. Instead of the recommended 13-year prison sentence, the psychopath was only sent to prison for five to six years. NBC10 reports this.
Brown was released in January – with his longtime victim’s fears apparently realized within just four months, as Brown was reportedly filmed walking down Cambridge’s Memorial Ave. in broad daylight. strolled as he shot more than 60 bullets down the busy street.
The terrifying scene took place just after 1pm near the Cambridge Street Bridge – a stone’s throw from Harvard and MIT – where Brown allegedly appeared with an assault rifle and shot at cars and passersby, striking two people who were left in critical condition.
People were sent diving for cover and cars screeched to a halt on the busy street before a brave Navy veteran with a pistol and a Massachusetts State Trooper charged into the fray and returned fire.
Brown was blown off his feet with several wounds and was captured by a swarm of police who took him to a hospital for treatment.
It remains unclear what sparked the alleged rampage, but he was on parole for his 2020 attack on police.
And that was just his last conviction: in 2014 he was convicted of assaulting a victim with a knife, which apparently had little influence on a judge’s decision to no longer send him away in 2020.
The near-victims of his latest alleged attack were grateful that there were brave heroes ready to thwart him on Monday.
“A man came, walked around his car, pulled open my car door and created a barricade,” says survivor Rachel Savariano told NBC 10in which she explained that she was sitting in her car near the shooting and was frozen in fear.
“He had a gun and he told me to run, and I ran and then I ran as fast as I could,” Saveriano said of the brave ex-Marine, whom she called a “hero.”
Gov. Maura Healey even thanked the Marine for “demonstrating extraordinary courage in a moment of crisis.”
Brown will be charged with assault with intent to murder, firearms charges and “a variety of other charges,” according to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan.
