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Gunman opens fire near Harvard University; suspect in custody - BNO News
A gunman armed with a rifle-style weapon opened fire near Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, possibly injuring two people before being taken into custody, according to police and university officials. The shooting happened at about 1:30 p.m. Monday near Memorial Drive and River Street, about a block from Harvard. Cambridge police, Harvard University police and Massachusetts State Police responded to the area. Harvard University Police said they received information from Cambridge police at about 1:36 p.m. that a person armed with a gun had fired shots in the area, possibly injuring two victims. The suspect was later taken into custody. Massachusetts State Police described the incident as a “police-involved shooting” and said troopers were involved, but the agency did not immediately provide details about what happened. State Police said emergency medics treated “at least one individual” for a gunshot wound. “No information is immediately available regarding the circumstances of the shooting,” State Police said. Witness footage from the scene showed the gunman standing in the middle of the street with what appeared to be a rifle, firing indiscriminately. One witness told WBTS that he was leaving work when he heard gunshots near a stoplight and saw cars turning around, with some getting stuck on the sidewalk as people ran. “I peeked out my door, I saw the shooter aim directly at me, I turned and I ran,” the witness said. “My coworker was right behind me. I heard the gunshots go off, and within a minute and a half, two minutes, everything was quiet.” The witness said he returned to find that both his car and his coworker’s car had been hit by gunfire. “He stayed in his car, so probably he was 25 feet away from the shooter when he got shot,” the witness said. Residents were asked to avoid the area while police remained at the scene. Officials have not released the suspect’s name or said what led to the shooting.
Gunman opens fire on cars in Cambridge, wounding 2 before being hit and arrested
A man opened fire on drivers on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon, critically wounding two before being injured in a shootout himself, authorities said. Video shot by witnesses along the major thoroughfare shows the gunman, identified by Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan as Tyler Brown, walking down the street, firing at vehicles. He was wounded, then taken into custody, when a police officer and a civilian with a legal firearm returned fire. "This incident lasted minutes thanks to that trooper and that civilian," Ryan said at a news conference, noting that Brown had been able to unload 50 to 60 rounds with his assault-style rifle until he was stopped. Two victims suffered life-threatening injuries after a man opened fire on a busy Cambridge street, according to Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan. The alleged gunman was also shot. Get live updates on what happened in Cambridge here. Witnesses were stunned by the violence on a main thoroughfare in the city best known as the home of Harvard University and MIT — one video of the shooting shows someone rowing on the Charles River nearby as the gunman walks along Memorial Drive. Video provided by a witness appears to show police exchanging gunfire with an armed man on Memorial Drive in Cambridge on Monday. Multiple shots can be heard in the video. It is not clear what happened before the recording started. Joseph Minini Rodriguez said he saw the shooting, which unfolded while he was on the phone with 911. After firing on vehicles, the attacker "just straight-up gets into a gunfight with the cops," he said. The road was closed for hours as police combed for evidence. It wasn't immediately clear what led the gunman to open fire on the public — Ryan said there didn't appear to be any connection between Brown and the vehicles he targeted — but the district attorney did say that, around when the shooting began, Boston police had reached out to counterparts about Brown, saying he'd been acting erratically and was likely armed. That prompted state troopers to head to Memorial Drive. "By the time they were making their arrival, there was already an active shooter situation," Ryan said. "That individual was already traveling down the middle of Memorial Drive. Cars were stopped in traffic, he was in possession of that assault-style rifle that had been described and he was already firing." Brown faces armed assault with intent to murder and weapons charges, Ryan ...
Shooting near Harvard University leaves 2 with life-threatening injuries, suspect ID'd - ABC News
... A trooper and a civilian, a former Marine, fired their weapons and struck the gunman, who was later identified as Tyler Brown, multiple times, according to the DA. Brown is under arrest and is hospitalized, Ryan said.
2 critically injured in random shooting near Harvard; suspect identified - BNO News
Two men are critically injured after a gunman opened fire on traffic near Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, striking several vehicles before he was shot by a state trooper and an armed civilian, according to officials.
