FROM THE POLICE REPORT. SARAH. JESSICA AND BEN. ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THAT VIOLENT RAMPAGE IN CAMBRIDGE, THE POLICE REPORT REVEALS THAT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS MAKING THREATS WHILE ON PHONE CALLS AND A FACETIME CALL WITH HIS PAROLE OFFICER. 46 YEAR OLD TYLER BROWN OF BOSTON IS NOW FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER FOR THAT RAMPAGE ON MEMORIAL DRIVE IN CAMBRIDGE YESTERDAY. COURT DOCUMENTS LAY OUT WHAT HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THE GUNFIRE. A LITTLE AFTER 1 P.M. IT WAS AROUND NOON DURING A PHONE CALL AND THEN A FACETIME CALL WITH HIS PAROLE OFFICER. BROWN WAS ACTING SUICIDAL AND WAVING A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE ON THAT FACETIME CALL, AND THAT PROMPTED THE PAROLE OFFICER TO CALL 911. BROWN ALLEGEDLY TOLD THE OFFICER, THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO EXPLETIVE PAY, AND I’M NOT GOING BACK TO PRISON. NOW. BROWN APPARENTLY HAD A DRUG TEST SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY AND TOLD HIS PAROLE OFFICER THAT HE HAD RELAPSED. WE ALSO LEARNED IN THESE COURT DOCUMENTS THAT BROWN HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM MCLEAN HOSPITAL, A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, ON FRIDAY WHERE HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. LIVE IN MEDFORD, SERA CONGI. WCVB. NEWSCENTER 5. ALL RIGHT, SARAH, THANK YOU. FIVE INVESTIGATES OBTAINING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT TYLER BROWN’S PAROLE, WHICH WAS GRANTED LAST YEAR. AS WE REPORTED, BROWN WAS SENTENCED TO 5 TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON FOR OPENING FIRE ON POLICE IN BOSTON IN 2020. IN THEIR DECISION LAST MARCH, THE PAROLE BOARD NOTED THAT HE SUFFERS FROM A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER WITH PTSD, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. BUT THEY WROTE THAT HE WAS TAKING MEDICATION AND SHOWED REMORSE FOR HIS ACTION. AS A CONDITION OF HIS RELEASE, THE BOARD CALLED FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING FOR 90
Police report reveals threats made by Memorial Drive shooting suspect before rampage
Tyler Brown, 46, reportedly made threats during a FaceTime call
Updated: 4:52 PM EDT May 12, 2026
Police documents reviewed by NewsCenter 5 reveal new details about the days and hours before a Boston felon allegedly opened fire with a rifle along Memorial Drive in Cambridge on Monday afternoon. Tyler Brown, the alleged shooter, reportedly made threats of self-harm and displayed a weapon during a FaceTime call with his parole officer hours before the incident, according to a police report.Statements documented by Massachusetts State Police in the report include, “These people are gonna (expletive) pay” and “I’m not going back to prison.” Brown pleaded guilty in 2021 to charges including armed assault with intent to murder and attempted assault and battery by means of discharging a firearm for firing at a Boston police officer. At the time of that shooting, in May 2000, Brown was on probation in connection with a 2014 conviction. He was sentenced to a prison term of 5-6 years. Brown was released on parole in March 2025. 5 Investigates reviewed paperwork from that parole decision, which revealed the board was aware that Brown suffers from a mental health disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. A board member wrote that Brown was taking medication and showed remorse for his actions. Terms of his release included electronic monitoring for 90 days, drug testing and mental health counseling — among other mandatory conditions.The report from Monday’s shooting rampage also indicates Brown was released from McLean Psychiatric Hospital on Friday, where he was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. After the FaceTime call, the report indicates that Boston police obtained a warrant to ping Brown’s phone, which led them to Cambridge. Two bystanders who were sitting in their cars along Memorial Drive were struck by gunfire on Monday and suffered life-threatening injuries. They are receiving treatment at a Boston hospital.The Middlesex County District Attorney identified Brown, 46, as the suspect in the Cambridge shooting. He now faces several charges, including assault to murder.
MEDFORD, Mass. —
Police documents reviewed by NewsCenter 5 reveal new details about the days and hours before a Boston felon allegedly opened fire with a rifle along Memorial Drive in Cambridge on Monday afternoon.
Tyler Brown, the alleged shooter, reportedly made threats of self-harm and displayed a weapon during a FaceTime call with his parole officer hours before the incident, according to a police report.
Statements documented by Massachusetts State Police in the report include, “These people are gonna (expletive) pay” and “I’m not going back to prison.”
Brown pleaded guilty in 2021 to charges including armed assault with intent to murder and attempted assault and battery by means of discharging a firearm for firing at a Boston police officer. At the time of that shooting, in May 2000, Brown was on probation in connection with a 2014 conviction.
He was sentenced to a prison term of 5-6 years. Brown was released on parole in March 2025.
5 Investigates reviewed paperwork from that parole decision, which revealed the board was aware that Brown suffers from a mental health disorder with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. A board member wrote that Brown was taking medication and showed remorse for his actions. Terms of his release included electronic monitoring for 90 days, drug testing and mental health counseling — among other mandatory conditions.
The report from Monday’s shooting rampage also indicates Brown was released from McLean Psychiatric Hospital on Friday, where he was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
After the FaceTime call, the report indicates that Boston police obtained a warrant to ping Brown’s phone, which led them to Cambridge.
Two bystanders who were sitting in their cars along Memorial Drive were struck by gunfire on Monday and suffered life-threatening injuries. They are receiving treatment at a Boston hospital.
The Middlesex County District Attorney identified Brown, 46, as the suspect in the Cambridge shooting. He now faces several charges, including assault to murder.