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Cambridge Memorial Drive Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty From Hospital Bed

The case renews scrutiny of sentencing, parole supervision, mental-health release protocols.

Overview

  • Tyler E. Brown, 46, entered not guilty pleas via video Thursday from a hospital bed and remains in custody pending a May 21 hearing.
  • He faces eight counts that include armed assault with intent to murder and firearm offenses, following prior violent convictions and a recent psychiatric discharge.
  • Prosecutors say he opened fire with an assault-style rifle on Memorial Drive on Monday, wounding two drivers before a state trooper and an armed civilian shot and disabled him.
  • One victim who was struck in the back of the head has been released, while another who was shot multiple times in a leg remains hospitalized.
  • About an hour before the gunfire, his parole officer reported a FaceTime call where Brown displayed a rifle, said he had relapsed and wanted to end his life, and police then pinged his phone to locate him in Cambridge.