Prosecutors request another examination on whether Quintez Brown was sane when he shot at Craig Greenberg

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Federal prosecutors are asking for another psychiatric examination of activist Quintez Brown to determine if he was insane when he shot at then-mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg in 2022, according to newly filed court documents.

An examination filed by the prosecution with the court on August 30, 2023, found “there is no evidence to indicate (Brown) suffered from a mental disease or defect that rendered him unable” to appreciate what he had done, according to court records.

However, defense attorneys for Brown presented a preliminary report from a psychologist in November 2022 that expressed a “concern” that Brown suffered “a serious mental illness involving a major mood disorder and psychosis.”

And the defense conducted a second examination of Brown this year issuing a report in March arguing that “at the time of the alleged offense, [the defendant] was suffering from a mental disease or defect such that he was not able to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law.”

Brown's attorneys plan to present expert testimony that Brown was mentally ill at the time of the Feb. 14, 2022 shooting into Greenberg's campaign office in the Butchertown Market on Story Avenue.

No one in Greenberg's campaign office was injured, but he was grazed by a bullet that left a hole in the sweater he was wearing.

With the conflicting examinations, the prosecution on May 8 requested a U.S. District Court judge order a mental health expert evaluate Brown’s “diminished capacity.”

“The Court should order the defendant to undergo a second psychiatric or psychological examination to determine whether he was insane at the time he committed the offense charged” or “suffered from a mental disease of defect bearing on the issue of guilt,” prosecutors wrote in a motion last week.

The judge in the case has scheduled a hearing for Friday to discuss the request for another psychiatric exam.

Brown is scheduled to stand trial in August on charges of interfering with a federally protected right, discharging a firearm during a violent crime and attempting to kill a candidate for elected office. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges. He faces a possible life in prison sentence.

Brown is also charged in state court with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment.

He was arrested Feb. 14, 2022 shortly after police said he used a 9 mm Glock to fire shots into Greenberg's campaign office in the Butchertown Market on Story Avenue.

Prosecutors argued Brown had a "plan of action" starting in January of 2022 when he purchased a gun. On Jan. 22, he practiced shooting at a gun range in Indiana, they said.

In February 2022, Brown looked online to find where Greenberg lived and where his campaign office was located.

On Feb. 13, 2022, Brown went to Greenberg's home with a gun, but it jammed when he put a bullet in backward, prosecutors alleged. He looked online how to fix it and if there was a place to buy another gun nearby before giving up and going home.

The next morning, as soon as a pawn shop opened downtown, Brown bought another gun and went to Greenberg's office, according to the prosecution.

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