Sonia Sotomayor saved from danger: Supreme Court Justice's bodyguard shoots gun-wielding suspect who tried to steal his car outside her DC home

A teenage fishy was changeable by US Marshals connected Friday aft allegedly attempting to carjack Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's national bodyguards extracurricular her home, DailyMail.com tin exclusively reveal.

Metropolitan Police Department confirmed it was investigating a shooting that took spot successful nan Northwest Washington, DC. wherever 2 marshals were on-duty moving 'a protective detail' successful nan early hours of July 5. 

A Deputy US Marshal was sitting successful his car extracurricular nan apical judge's condominium astatine 1:15am erstwhile 18-year-old Kentrell Flowers approached, pointed a handgun astatine him, and tried to bargain his vehicle, according to a constabulary study obtained by DailyMail.com.

Local constabulary issued a property merchandise astir nan incident past week, but did not mention its relationship to Sotomayor.

'The fishy exited a vehicle, approached 1 of nan Marshals, and pointed a handgun astatine him successful an evident effort to carjack him,' a DC Metropolitan Police Department property release said.

'The Marshal drew his work limb and fired respective shots astatine nan suspect. A 2nd Marshal from different conveyance besides responded and fired his work weapon.

'The fishy was transported to a section infirmary for curen of non-life-threatening injuries. No rule enforcement officers were injured.'

Flowers, 18, was arrested and charged pinch equipped carjacking, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a ample capacity ammunition feeding device.

A constabulary study obtained by DailyMail.com revealed nan location of nan incident astatine nan Beauregard Condominiums successful North West DC wherever Sotomayor owns a condo, and nan US Marshals Service (USMS) confirmed to DailyMail.com that nan officers progressive were portion of her protection team.

The study said constabulary recovered nan achromatic and metallic Smith & Wesson 40VE handgun Flowers allegedly utilized for nan attempted carjacking.

The Metro PD study named nan first Marshal arsenic 'Deputy US Marshal Black', and did not sanction nan 2nd officer.

'The Deputy U.S. Marshals progressive successful nan shooting incident were portion of nan portion protecting nan residences of U.S. Supreme Court justices,' a USMS spokeswoman told DailyMail.com.

'As a wide practice, nan U.S. Marshals don't talk specifics of protective details.

'USMS does not disclose nan names of unit progressive successful shooting incidents until each investigations are complete.' 

A connection of facts revenge successful DC territory tribunal by Deputy US Marshal Tyler Wells connected Friday said that Flowers pulled up astatine 1:17am successful a metallic mini-van, sewage retired and pointed his weapon done nan driver's broadside model of nan national officer's unmarked car parked connected 11th Street.

'The Complainant pulled retired his section issued firearm and fired astir 4 times astatine Defendant Flowers done nan window, striking Flowers successful nan mouth,' nan July 5 filing said.

'The Complainant provided first assistance to Flowers, while nan metallic van fled nan segment travelling northbound connected 11th Street Northwest.'

The Marshals recovered a matching metallic 2017 Toyota Sienna mini-van successful a database of jacked vehicles, but person not yet recovered nan car aliases driver.

The shooting is nether investigation by nan PD's Internal Affairs Division Force Investigations Team, and nan section said nan lawsuit 'will beryllium independently reviewed by nan United States Attorney's Office.'

It is not nan first high-profile attempted car-related theft successful DC successful caller months.

On November 12, 2023 Secret Service agents stationed extracurricular nan location of President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi opened occurrence connected 2 teens who were fleeing aft allegedly stealing complete $1,000 of cogwheel from a achromatic Ford Expedition 'used for members of nan first family', according to tribunal documents.

Robert Kemp, 19, was arrested connected February 7. A 14-year-old antheral accomplice was arrested later that period aft a abstracted alleged equipped carjacking.

An affidavit from a Secret Service supplier says nan boy was wearing a court-ordered GPS ankle bracelet during nan theft from Naomi's car.

Last October, Congressman Henry Cuellar was carjacked astatine gunpoint adjacent his DC location by 3 equipped robbers successful knit caps and skis masks.

Texas Republican Cuellar was unharmed. Law enforcement yet retrieved nan car.

His telephone and machine were besides recovered from his achromatic Toyota crossover – arsenic good arsenic his meal he had bought from Whole Foods.

'What really sewage maine upset was they took my sushi,' nan congressman told CNN astatine nan time.

DC constabulary reported much than 900 carjackings and complete 6,000 stolen vehicles successful 2023, a crisp emergence connected nan erstwhile year.

The DC assembly personnel for nan territory wherever Sotomayor's condo is located, Brianne Nadeau, is facing a callback mobility for supporting nan Defund nan Police movement.

A group campaigning for her callback said Nadeau voted for budgets that 'defunded nan constabulary by $15million' and 'passed authorities to trim penalties connected convulsive crime, forbidden weapon crimes, and carjackings'.

On their website, nan Committee to Recall Brianne Nadeau points to DC crime information showing a 100% summation successful homicides, 56% summation successful assaults pinch a vulnerable weapon, and 48% summation successful centrifugal conveyance theft betwixt 2022 and 2023.

Sotomayor bought her DC two-bed, two-bath, 1,146 sq ft condo successful 2012 for $660,000. Property tract Redfin now estimates it to beryllium worthy $861,480.

The New York Times described nan area arsenic 'scruffy' successful a 2013 communicative astir her purchase, but Sotomayor said it reminded her of her New York East Village roots.

'It has a touch of nan East Village successful it,' she told nan paper. 'I picked it because it's mixed. I locomotion retired and I spot each kinds of people, which is nan situation I grew up successful and nan situation I love.'