Democratic Boston councilor rips 'soft-on-crime' policies after suspected gunman's violent past revealed

A Democratic Boston metropolis councilor slammed what helium views arsenic "soft-on-crime" policies that allowed the antheral who allegedly opened occurrence successful adjacent Cambridge connected Monday to locomotion escaped aft antecedently serving a abbreviated magnitude of clip for convulsive offenses.

Tyler Brown, 46, is successful custody aft allegedly firing 50 to 60 rounds into postulation connected Memorial Drive successful Cambridge aboriginal successful the day connected Monday. Terrifying video of the incident, which near 4 radical shot, including Brown, rapidly went viral.

Brown is presently successful custody successful the hospital, recovering from gunshot wounds successful his extremities.

"There is perfectly nary mode this idiosyncratic should person been released connected probation and/or parole," Boston Councilman Ed Flynn told Fox News Digital. "When you person a lengthy transgression grounds and you perpetually proceed to beryllium convicted and engaged successful transgression activities, determination should beryllium a agelong situation condemnation for someone, that continues to disregard rules of society."

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And Brown does person a convulsive transgression history.

Police vehicles and officers unopen down a roadway adjacent Memorial Drive successful Cambridge, Massachusetts, pursuing a police-involved shooting connected Monday, May 11, 2026. (Credit: WFXT)

In 2014, helium was convicted of battle and artillery with a unsafe limb — successful that lawsuit a weapon — and witnesser intimidation.

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn walks successful the yearly St. Patrick's Day parade successful Boston, Mass., connected March 16. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe/Getty Images)

In 2020, portion connected probation for the erstwhile crimes, helium engaged successful a shootout with 4 Boston constabulary officers, firing 13 rounds from a .40 Glock semiautomatic handgun astatine the officers erstwhile they responded to a study astir a antheral with a gun.

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In 2021, helium pleaded blameworthy to 8 charges stemming from that incident. Those charges included:

• Armed battle with intent to murder
• Attempted battle and artillery by means of discharging a firearm
• Three counts of battle with a unsafe limb for pointing a firearm
• Unlawful possession of a firearm
• Carrying a loaded firearm and possession of a ample capableness feeding device.

Police support a dense beingness connected Memorial Drive successful Cambridge, Mass., aft a shooting connected May 11, 2026. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe)

Flynn, who was archetypal elected to the metropolis assembly successful 2017 and erstwhile worked for the Clinton administration, said helium knows 1 of the 4 Boston constabulary officers progressive successful that incident, and that they went to schoolhouse together.

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An serviceman wrote a victim-impact connection astatine the time, saying that, "I americium a steadfast believer that erstwhile Mr. Tyler Brown gets out, helium volition hurt, oregon worse, termination someone," according to NBC Boston.

"We person to deliberation of the victims and the survivors of convulsive transgression earlier we condemnation idiosyncratic to prison, probation [or] parole," said Flynn. "And erstwhile a unfortunate testifies astir the unit utilized and the likelihood that this idiosyncratic volition re-offend and prosecute successful transgression activity, we person to perceive that testimony, respect that grounds and instrumentality a condemnation that respects the unfortunate and the subsister of crime."

"I don't deliberation we did that successful this case. In fact, I cognize we didn't bash that successful this case, but this is not an isolated case," helium continued.

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn arrives for the Boston City Council's on-site proceeding connected the opioid situation astatine the Mass and Cass intersection successful Boston, Mass., connected Sept. 4, 2025. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe)

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Brown was sentenced to 5 to six years successful situation and 3 years of probation, stemming from the 2020 crime, a arguable determination astatine the clip that was criticized by then-Suffolk County District Attorney Rachel Rollins.

Rollins blasted the condemnation handed down by then-Suffolk Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders for not abiding by her proposal of 10 to 12 years with 5 years of probation.

Law enforcement officers unafraid a country adjacent Memorial Drive successful Cambridge, Massachusetts, pursuing a police-involved shooting connected Monday, May 11, 2026. (Credit: WFXT)

"When an idiosyncratic commits serious, convulsive offenses that endanger the lives of our assemblage members – which see members of instrumentality enforcement – I volition advocator for the​ir removal and detention​. My bureau recommended a important condemnation for Mr. Brown fixed the quality of his offenses and the ​trauma and harm helium inflicted," Rollins said successful a connection astatine the time.

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She said she was "disappointed successful the condemnation that was imposed," and personally apologized to the officers who were attacked and to their families.

Flynn told Fox News Digital that constabulary officers are frustrated with relaxed transgression policies that fto offenders locomotion free.

Police analyse the country of a shooting connected Memorial Drive successful Cambridge, Mass., connected May 11, 2026. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe)

"Police consciousness frustrated that the transgression justness strategy does not respect them and survivors of crime. Police privation accountability, and they privation the transgression justness strategy to work, and for the transgression strategy to work, we person to clasp radical accountable for their actions," said Flynn. "It mightiness beryllium politically incorrect to bash that. But we person to supply a harmless and steadfast situation for residents of the city, for our police, for our neighborhood, and for our neighbors."

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He said ignoring convulsive transgression is not a solution and that Bostonians privation criminals to beryllium punished.

"Boston is changing, and I deliberation the residents are fed up, and they privation america to beryllium much assertive successful holding radical accountable," helium said. "They privation the transgression justness strategy to enactment for survivors of crime, for victims of transgression and for nine astatine large. Right now, determination is simply a cognition that it works for criminals."

He besides noted that helium represents 1 of the astir progressive districts successful the city, but specifically called retired that helping of the Democratic Party.

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"The progressive basal of the Democratic enactment is brushed connected transgression and doesn't privation to clasp radical accountable for their actions, and I deliberation that's a mistake for the Democratic Party to disregard ongoing transgression enactment successful neighborhoods, due to the fact that it creates destabilization of residents of neighborhoods and it contributes to a declining prime of beingness of residents successful an unhealthy neighborhood," helium said.

"Residents merit amended than that," helium concluded.

Garrett Langley, CEO and co-founder of Flock Safety, shakes hands with Councilor Ed Flynn during a ceremonial for the opening of the Seaport District office successful Boston connected July 22, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe)

A transgression ailment against Brown says helium spoke to his parole serviceman connected the telephone connected Monday greeting and said helium had relapsed connected ace cocaine, and that helium was acceptable to extremity his ain life. His parole serviceman alerted the constabulary astatine astir 12:10 p.m., soon earlier the shooting, and drove to Brown's residence.

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Brown was not home, but called his parole serviceman connected a antithetic telephone via FaceTime. He was waving a semiautomatic rifle, according to the complaint, and said, "these radical are going to f---ing pay," and, "I'm not going backmost to prison."

At astir 1:30 p.m., Brown is accused of opening occurrence connected Memorial Drive, shooting "erratically" and hitting 2 radical successful a vehicle, critically injuring both.

A authorities trooper arrived connected country and engaged Brown successful a firefight. A witnesser to the event, a U.S. Marine and firearms instructor, besides opened occurrence connected Brown.

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Brown had been released from a intelligence wellness installation connected May 8.

He faces 2 counts of equipped battle with intent to execution utilizing a firearm and 2 counts of attempted battle and artillery by discharge of a firearm, on with a litany of related weapon charges.