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Random Shooter Injures Two in Second Boston Area Rampage | Crime Alert 05.13.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. A terrifying scene of random violence unfolded
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  Speaker 2: on the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Monday afternoon, leaving two
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  Speaker 2: innocent bystanders fighting for their lives. Just after one pm.
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  Speaker 2: The chaos began with reports of a man acting erratically
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  Speaker 2: near Memorial Drive, armed with a rifle and firing shots.
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  Speaker 2: Middlesex District Attorney Mary and Ryan identified the suspect as
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  Speaker 2: forty six year old Tyler Brown of Boston. By the
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  Speaker 2: time Massachusetts State Police reached the scene, the situation had
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  Speaker 2: escalated into a full scale active shooter event.
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  Speaker 1: That individual was already traveling down the middle of Memorial Drive.
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  Speaker 1: Cars were stopped in traffic. He was in the possession
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  Speaker 1: of that assault style rifle that had been described, and
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  Speaker 1: he was actively firing in an erratic fashion at various
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  Speaker 1: vehicles along the road.
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  Speaker 2: As Brown unleashed a hail of gunfire, two men said
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  Speaker 2: and their vehicles were struck. Both victims were rushed to
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  Speaker 2: a Boston hospital with life threatening injuries. While the bullets flew,
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  Speaker 2: Witnesses and arriving officers scrambled for cover.
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  Speaker 1: When troopers arrived we discovered some individuals actually under their car,
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  Speaker 1: having tried to seek a safe place.
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  Speaker 2: The violence was finally brought to an end by the
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  Speaker 2: combined efforts of a civilian Marine veteran and a responding
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  Speaker 2: state trooper. They managed to subdue Brown, striking him multiple times.
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  Speaker 2: Brown is currently in police costody at a local hospital.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators leader recovered the rifle on the grass near a
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  Speaker 2: bike path by the Charles River, a location that highlighted
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  Speaker 2: the potential for even more casualties.
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  Speaker 1: We know that that weapon had the capacity to have
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  Speaker 1: struck people on the other side of that river.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities estimate that fifty to sixty rounds were fired in
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  Speaker 2: a matter of minutes. Joseph Menino Rodriguez, who witnessed the
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  Speaker 2: shootout from his eighteenth floor apartment, captured terrifying audio of
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  Speaker 2: the engagement on his cell phone. Rodriguez described the moment
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  Speaker 2: Brown finally gave up after engaging in a direct gunfight
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  Speaker 2: with the police.
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  Speaker 1: I'm thinking they shot his leg, so he lays down,
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  Speaker 1: plat he throws a gun.
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  Speaker 2: So once he throws a gun, my boy is just
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  Speaker 2: out here, just laying down, and now he got hands on.
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  Speaker 1: Now he's done.
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  Speaker 2: As the investigation continues, a troubling picture of Tyler Brown's
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  Speaker 2: past is emerging. Record show he pleaded guilty in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty one after a previous exchange of gunfire with Boston police.
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  Speaker 2: At the time of Monday shooting, he was still on probation.
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  Speaker 2: District Attorney Ryan is using this tragedy to renew a
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  Speaker 2: push for stricter legislation, citing a bill which would specifically
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  Speaker 2: punish shooters who act with total disregard for human life.
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  Speaker 1: And it is also important to recognize that this risk
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  Speaker 1: that's created by this firing of a gun where people
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  Speaker 1: are nearby is the subject of a bill that has
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  Speaker 1: been filed for the past four sessions to create an
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  Speaker 1: offense to punish a shooter who acts as I would
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  Speaker 1: suggest to you was the case today, without regard for
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  Speaker 1: the risk of seriously bodily injury to another. We will
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  Speaker 1: be refiling that bill again this session, because that is
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  Speaker 1: the legislation that we need to address this kind of situation.
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  Speaker 2: Brown now faces two counts of armed assault with intent
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  Speaker 2: to murder, along with various weapons charges. More Crime and
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  Speaker 2: Justice news. After this, a Mother's Day celebration turned into
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  Speaker 2: a bloody nightmare. In West Palm Beach, Florida, after a
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  Speaker 2: dispute over dinner led to a brutal stabbing. Twenty nine
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  Speaker 2: year old Kio Nottage is behind bars after allegedly attacking
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  Speaker 2: his own seventy four year old grandmother. According to West
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  Speaker 2: Palm Beach Police, the conflict began last Friday afternoon when
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  Speaker 2: the family returned from shopping for a Mother's Day meal.
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  Speaker 2: When Nottage was asked to help carry groceries into the house,
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  Speaker 2: he reportedly became increasingly agitated. Court documents state that Noddage
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  Speaker 2: chillingly declared someone is going to die today before walking
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  Speaker 2: into the kitchen and grabbing a knife. Police say Nodedge
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  Speaker 2: then turned on his grandmother, stabbing her approximately eleven times.
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  Speaker 2: His cousin attempted to intervene, but was forced to flee
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  Speaker 2: for his own life when Otage allegedly threatened him with
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  Speaker 2: the blade. Officers arrived to find Nottage and his cousin
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  Speaker 2: in a physical altercation in the driveway. The grandmother was
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  Speaker 2: rushed to emergency surgery and remains in critical condition. Nottage
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  Speaker 2: is currently held without bond, charged with attempted first degree
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  Speaker 2: premeditated murder and aggravated assault. With a deadly weapon. In Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 2: a man's inability to handle romantic rejection has resulted in
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  Speaker 2: a fatal arson that claimed the life of a female
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  Speaker 2: Army veteran. Forty year old Robert Shane Zimmerman was arrested
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  Speaker 2: after a home in Lewiston was set ablaze late Wednesday night.
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  Speaker 2: Witnesses told police that Zimmerman had gone to the residence
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  Speaker 2: to profess his love for a woman living in the attic.
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  Speaker 2: When she rejected his advances, Ziberman allegedly began setting items
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  Speaker 2: on fire on the first floor. The house, which was
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  Speaker 2: divided into several sublets, quickly became a death trap. One
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  Speaker 2: resident was forced to jump from the second floor to
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  Speaker 2: escape the flames, suffering severe facial injuries and internal burns
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  Speaker 2: to his throat. Another woman was found unconscious on the
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  Speaker 2: sidewalk after passing out from smoke inhalation. Tragically, forty four
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  Speaker 2: year old Brandy Philip did not make it out. Her
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  Speaker 2: body was recovered inside the home after she became trapped
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  Speaker 2: while attempting to flee. Philip was a proud veteran who
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  Speaker 2: specialized in Patriot missiles during her service and later worked
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  Speaker 2: as a professional truck driver. Investigators say surveillance footage caught
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  Speaker 2: Zimmerman standing in a nearby alley watching the home burn.
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  Speaker 2: When police located him later that night, they noted he
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  Speaker 2: smelled like ash and smoke after being treated for a
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  Speaker 2: fentanyl overdose. During his arrest, Ziberman reportedly made several incriminating
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  Speaker 2: statements to detectives. While he claimed he couldn't remember the
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  Speaker 2: exact moment the fire started, he showed a strong emotional
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  Speaker 2: response when told someone had died. He is currently facing
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  Speaker 2: arson and homicide charges. For the latest crime and justice
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  Speaker 2: breaking news, be sure to tune in tomorrow on your
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  Speaker 2: favorite podcast app with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvanni.