A Louisville man has been sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for firing shots 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, aged 24, entered Greenberg’s campaign office and fired multiple shots while Greenberg was meeting with four staffers. The staffers managed to close and barricade the door, and Brown was later apprehended several blocks away carrying the firearm used in a backpack. As part of his guilty plea, Brown admitted he acted because Greenberg was running for mayor.
In July 2024, Brown pleaded guilty to interfering with a federally protected activity and using and discharging a firearm related to a crime of violence. His prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release as there is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the FBI, ATF, and Louisville Metro Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Gregory for the Western District of Kentucky and Trial Attorney Alexander Gottfried from the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section. Additional assistance came from Trial Attorneys Barry Disney from the Mental Health Litigation Unit and Jolee Porter from the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.