Overview
- A man with a rifle opened fire at cars on Memorial Drive near River Street Monday around 1:30 p.m., then Massachusetts State Police shot him and took him into custody, with at least one person treated for gunshot wounds.
- Witnesses reported rapid bursts of more than a dozen shots, said vehicles were hit, and described drivers and pedestrians fleeing, including a school van crew that abandoned its vehicle.
- Officers shut the road, asked people to steer clear, and said there was no ongoing danger after troopers exchanged gunfire.
- The shooting followed weekend violence in Boston that left one man dead in Mattapan late Saturday, two people wounded near Geneva Avenue early Sunday, and a woman critically hurt with a man also wounded on Kingsdale Street Sunday evening.
- Detectives from multiple agencies are tracing the firearm, collecting shell casings and surveillance video, and reviewing digital records as they look into any connection between the Cambridge attack and the Boston cases.