Current Events > Man arrested for shooting at Democrat mayoral candidate in Kentucky

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Quintez Brown is a Louisville man accused of shooting at mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg. Brown is a writer, activist and University of Louisville student who is also running for office. Brown was arrested at the scene of the shooting at Greenbergs campaign office in the Kentucky city, police said. No one was injured in what has been called an assassination attempt on Greenberg, a Democratic candidate for Louisville mayoral seat.

Brown, 21, was charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment, the Louisville Metro Police Department said. Brown was booked into the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections about 8:30 p.m., records show. WDRB reporter Travis Ragsdale tweeted, According to court records, Brown was stopped by police a half mile away from Greenbergs office. He had a loaded 9mm magazine in his pocket and he was carrying a bag containing a Glock and additional magazines.

Greenbergs clothes were hit by one of the bullets, but he wasnt shot, police said. My team and I are fortunately all safe. We are all with LMPD now. I will provide an update as soon as possible. Thank you for the outpouring of support, Greenberg tweeted after he was shot at. Greenberg said one of his staffers who was sitting closest to the office door was able to shut it as the gunman fired. Greenberg and his staff were then able to barricade themselves in the room and the shooter fled, Greenberg said.

The gunman stood in the doorway as he fired the shots and one of my teammates was standing to the side of the door and was able to get the door slammed and then he and other teammates that were closer to the door just threw tables and desks to barricade us in, Greenberg said at a press conference. Im very fortunate to have a great team of brave people who responded in that way. We are all very blessed. It all happened so quick, but its a very surreal experience.

Louisville Metro Police said multiple shots were fired during the incident on Monday, February 14, 2022. Police Chief Erika Shields said Greenberg was the gunmans target. The shooting happened at Greenbergs campaign headquarters on the fourth floor of the Butchertown Market building at 1201 Story Avenue about 10:15 a.m., Louisville police said. The suspect, identified as Brown, was taken into custody after fleeing from the scene, Shields said.

Shields said, The responding officers have detained an individual who we believe is responsible for the shooting. We have no known motive. We will need to allow the investigators to do the appropriate work. We also have no reason to believe at this time that this individual was asking anything but alone. Shields said they would provide more information as it is available.

Greenberg is among several candidates running for the Democratic nomination in the Louisville mayoral primary in May. The winner of that race would be heavily favored to be the citys next mayor, replacing outgoing Mayor Greg Fischer. Greenberg is the owner of 21c Museum Hotels, is a former University of Louisville trustee and owns Ohio Valley Wrestling with Kentucky radio host Matt Jones. Greenberg, tearing up at a press conference, said he just wants to get home to be with his wife and sons, to get home to my family....

The left is shooting itself.

I wonder what this crazy dude's motive was.

It's a reminder that the far left doesn't just hate the right and center, but also Democrats (and often hate them more than Republicans).

It's weird that this dude singled out some rando politician in Kentucky though.

Gee I wonder why SMAL et al are so much more upset by this act of political violence than all the ones committed by the right, including the attempted overthrow of the democratically elected US government.

Hop103 posted...

It's a reminder that the far left doesn't just hate the right and center, but also Democrats (and often hate them more than Republicans).

Saying democrats is redundant when youve already mentioned they hate people that are on the right.

Seems bad, imo.

Antifar posted...

Seems bad, imo.

Seems I would agree.