A Louisville man has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in federal prison for shooting at Mayor Craig Greenberg during his 2022 mayoral campaign. The announcement was made by Acting Assistant Attorney General Antoinette T. Bacon of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Michael E. Stansbury of the FBI Louisville Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division.
Court documents reveal that on February 14, 2022, Quintez Brown entered Greenberg's campaign office and fired several shots while Greenberg was meeting with four staffers. The staffers managed to close and barricade the door, leading to Brown's arrest a few blocks away from the scene with the firearm in his backpack. As part of his guilty plea, Brown admitted he acted because Greenberg was running for mayor.
In July 2024, Brown pleaded guilty to charges including interfering with a federally protected activity and using and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Following his imprisonment term, he will be subject to five years of supervised release.
The federal system does not allow parole.
The investigation involved efforts from the FBI, ATF, and Louisville Metro Police Department.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Gregory for the Western District of Kentucky and Trial Attorney Alexander Gottfried of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section. Significant assistance was provided by Trial Attorney Barry Disney from the Criminal Division’s Mental Health Litigation Unit and Trial Attorney Jolee Porter from the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.