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A man from Washington, D.C. has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release following an attempted carjacking at gunpoint. The target, an individual inside an unmarked vehicle, turned out to be a deputy U.S. Marshal involved in the protection of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
According to a statement from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on July 5, 2024, the suspect, later identified as Kentrell Flowers, approached a Marshal around 1:15 a.m., aiming a handgun at him with apparent intentions of committing a carjacking. The Marshal responded by using his service weapon, firing four shots, one of which struck Flowers in the mouth.
Authorities reported finding a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson, loaded with 8 rounds in a 13-round capacity magazine, at the site of the attempted carjacking. This incident directly involved the security team assigned to Justice Sotomayor, although she herself was not involved. (DC Metropolitan Police | Getty Images)
Security for U.S. Supreme Court justices was expanded after the 2022 assassination attempt against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Following the leak of the controversial Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Nicholas Roske flew from California to D.C. with a firearm and ammunition in his suitcase, intending to target Kavanaugh. However, Roske eventually called the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center and said he was experiencing suicidal and homicidal thoughts, according to the DOJ.
Carjackings have plagued Washington, D.C., for years, leading to the establishment of the Carjacking Taskforce in Jan. 2021. The taskforce was expanded the following year. In Feb. 2022, MPD began working with the Maryland-based Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) to combat carjackings.
A photo of a law enforcement vehicle for the DC Police Department. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
So far this year, MPD has recorded 121 carjackings, the vast majority of which—95 incidents (79%)—involved guns. While still high, these numbers represent a decrease in carjacking rates. In 2024, during the same period, D.C. saw 198 carjackings, 136 of which involved firearms. However, the number of arrests remains about the same, with MPD showing 61 arrests in 2024 versus 64 in 2025.
MPD advises anyone who is threatened by an armed potential carjacker to give up their car and not argue with the assailant.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
