A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to carjack a car occupied by two U.S. Marshals Service deputies who were members of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's security detail.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, in handing down the sentence Thursday, also ordered Kentrell Flowers to have five years of supervised release after his prison term.
Flowers pleaded guilty in February to using a firearm during a crime of violence.
Around 1 a.m. on July 5, 2024, two deputies dressed in Marshals Service shirts were on duty in an unmarked government car in Washington when Flowers exited a minivan, approached the vehicle and pointed a loaded gun at one of the deputies through a window. The deputy fired four shots at Flowers, hitting him in the mouth.
The deputy administered first aid to Flowers while two other unknown suspects fled - one in the minivan and the other on foot. Flowers, then 18, was treated at a hospital for roughly a week after the shooting.