Kentrell Flowers, the man who attempted to carjack two U.S. Marshals who were working a security detail for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, learned his fate this week in court.
According to Law and Crime, Flowers, 19, was sentenced to 120 months in a federal prison for the crime.
He pleaded guilty earlier this year to "one count of using, carrying, possessing, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence," and made headlines in the process not only for who he tried to carjack, but also what happened as a result.
Flowers was ultimately shot in the face as the carjacking attempt concluded.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon handed down the sentence this week, along with a five-year supervised release.
The attack made headlines given that Justice Sotomayor was the person being protected by the U.S. Marshals security detail.
Law and Crime noted:
According to court documents filed in Washington, D.C., federal court, the incident took place at about 1:17 a.m. on July 5, 2024, in the 2100 block of 11th Street Northwest, which is just outside of Sotomayor’s home. Two deputies were parked in separate unmarked U.S. government vehicles when a silver minivan “stopped directly next to” one of them.
The criminal complaint filed in court provided additional details.
"As the silver van stopped, an individual later identified as Kentrell Flowers, got out of the van, approached the Complainant’s driver’s door, and pointed a firearm directly at the [deputy] through the front driver’s side window," the criminal complaint read.
It added, "The [deputy] pulled out his department issued firearm and fired approximately four times at Defendant Flowers through the window, striking Flowers in the mouth."
Not surprisingly, the shot fired through the window at Flowers resulted in the criminal dropping immediately to the ground.
Deputies quickly provided Flowers first aid. A second deputy had fired at Flowers but didn't strike him, according to court documents.
Law and Crime added:
One of the deputies grabbed the gun Flowers had been holding and later identified it as a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson. The weapon had no rounds chambered and eight rounds remaining in the 13-round capacity magazine.
After being shot in the face and then sentenced to 120 months in a federal slammer, it's safe to say Flowers presumably has plenty of time to think about all of the regrets he has.
