Cambridge gunman was shooting passing cars at random, witnesses say

Local News Gunman on Memorial Drive in Cambridge was shooting passing cars at random, witnesses say: "I was running for my life" .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-cbs-news-boston.jpg'); } By Matt Schooley, Matt Schooley Digital Producer, CBS Boston Matt Schooley is a digital producer at CBS Boston. He has been a member of the WBZ news team for the last decade. Read Full Bio Matt Schooley, Louisa Moller, Louisa Moller Louisa Moller is a general assignment reporter for WBZ-TV. Read Full Bio Louisa Moller, Kristina Rex Kristina Rex Reporter, CBS Boston Kristina Rex is a reporter for WBZ-TV News. Read Full Bio Kristina Rex Updated on: May 11, 2026 / 4:22 PM EDT / CBS Boston Add CBS News on Google There is a massive police response on Memorial Drive in Cambridge Monday afternoon after witnesses say a man with a long gun opened fire on passing cars before he was shot by a responding Massachusetts State Police trooper.It happened around 1:30 p.m. near the intersection of River Street. The Cambridge Police Department said they received 911 calls reporting gunshots in the area. Police said there is no ongoing danger to the public. Sources told the I-Team that no troopers were shot.Witness video from the scene appears to show a man walking with a gun in the middle of the road, firing the weapon and banging it against a car.  A still frame from witness video showing a gunman on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Courtesy photo "I was running for my life"Three witnesses told WBZ-TV that they were driving on Memorial Drive when a man began shooting. One driver said he stopped his car, crouched in the vehicle and the gunman hit his radiator. The man's coworker was driving in front of him, and said the gunman also hit the headlight of that car."Got out, walked up to the car in front of me to my coworker to see what was going on. Saw the dude in the street lifting [the gun] up at me," the man who witnessed the shootout sa...