Activist who allegedly shot at Kentucky mayoral hopeful called for gun control in 2018

The aspiring politician charged with trying to shoot a Kentucky mayoral candidate has been an advocate for “common-sense” gun control — and appeared at the “March for Our Lives” rally that followed the Parkland, Florida, shooting, video shows.

Quintez Brown, who allegedly fired multiple shots Monday inside the Louisville office of mayoral hopeful Craig Greenberg, was among tens of thousands of young people at the rally in Washington, DC, in March 2018 after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School.

“Being here with all these other students, I’m not only showing my support, I’m also showing the nation that this is not just, you know, a white student issue,” Brown, then 17, said in an interview with correspondent Joy Reid during MSNBC’s coverage of the demonstration.

Brown, who was then attending a Louisville high school, heaped praise on David Hogg, who survived the massacre at the Parkland high school and later went on to become a prominent gun control activist.