Hub man charged in shootout on probation for assault
Accused of firing at cops in South End
The Boston man accused of firing at cops in a broad daylight shootout Saturday was held on $50,000 bail Monday, two months after a Boston judge had extended his probation on an assault with a deadly weapon charge, court records show.
Tyler E. Brown, 40, faces nine counts, including assault to murder and various weapons charges, for allegedly exchanging gunfire with cops on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston’s South End Saturday afternoon. A police report states a person reported Brown making a threat with a gun at a Northampton Avenue address before Boston police ran into him near Chester Park.
Four people moving into an apartment at the Northampton address told police Brown approached them and asked them, “Where are you from?” and “Call your boys,” and one reported seeing a handgun before they dialed 911, prompting Brown to flee, a police report says.
Police exchanged gunfire with Brown when they caught up with him on Massachusetts Avenue, damaging some vehicles in the shootout, and were able to apprehend him without any injuries, according to the report. One officer is quoted in the police report as telling a supervisor, “He was shooting at me.”
In February, Brown violated his probation on a 2016 assault with a deadly weapon conviction after failing three drug tests and missing five other appointments in January and February, court records show.
A Boston judge released Brown on personal recognizance Feb. 24, while another judge extended his probation to 2025 in a March hearing before coronavirus-related shutdowns forced courtroom closures.
Boston Police Commissioner William Gross on Saturday said Brown was released from prison in January, and court records show Brown serving his sentence on the assault charge with an undisclosed release date.
Court records also show Brown had prior convictions on a drug offense in 2008 in Suffolk Superior Court and a firearm charge in 2009 in Brockton.