Attempted carjacker shot outside Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's home

The incident happened outside Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s home when an armed man approached a US Marshal's car.

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The man was shot after approaching the car the officer was sitting in and tapping the window with a gun.

The deputy fired several times, hitting the suspect in the mouth. A second deputy also opened fire, but did not hit the man, police said.

Justice Sotomayor’s home is not believed to have been a deliberately targeted.

The suspected carjacker, named in charging documents as Kentrell Flowers, 18, is being treated in hospital and faces carjacking and firearms charges. The two deputies have not been identified.

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