News about Shawn Kemp

Shawn Kemp, the NBA All-Star, pleaded not guilty to an assault charge on Thursday after prosecutors accused him of shooting at a man when trying to recover a stolen cellphone. Following the arraignment in Pierce County Superior Court in Washington state, Kemp was released without bail. He was arrested after a shooting in a parking garage outside Tacoma Mall on March 8 and released the following day pending further investigation.

Shawn Kemp, a retired NBA All-Star, has been charged with first degree assault following an incident in March in which he reportedly discharged a pistol in a mall parking lot in Tacoma, Washington. Kemp's counsel, Scott Boatman, says Kemp will enter a plea of not guilty because his client pleaded guilty while trying to recover allegedly stolen property in self defense. Shawn Kemp learned that the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office had volunteered to press charges against him today,' the Boatman said in a tweet by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. At his likely arraignment, he will enter a plea of not guilty.'

After the former Sonics big man was arrested after a parking lot shooting at a Tacoma, Washington mall, ex-NBA star Shawn Kemp was acting in self-defense, according to his counsel. Kemp, 53, was arrested by cops at 5:58 p.m. EST) on Wednesday, just hours after being charged with a suspected drive-by shooting. However, Kemp's counsel Scott Boatman said in a new tweet that his client was shot at first when attempting to retrieve a stolen phone, but that the former basketball player did not escape the scene.

Shawn Kemp, a retired NBA player, may not have been the only shooter in a Tacoma, Washington mall parking lot on Wednesday, where he was arrested for a suspected drive-by shooting. According to dispatch audio obtained by TMZ, officers were actually responding to a story of "two criminals firing shots at each other." On Wednesday, the Seattle SuperSonics legend, 53, was arrested by cops at 5:58 p.m. Pacific Time (8:58 p.m. EST), just hours after he was involved in a suspected drive-by shooting involving two cars in a shopping mall parking lot. Kemp 'had his car stolen from his vehicle on Tuesday and tracked his iPhone to Tacoma on Wednesday,' Fox 13 announced in the early hours of Thursday morning.' There are two shooters now, but it's unclear who fired first. The basketball legend is accused of confronting the perpetrator, who then shot at Kemp, and Kemp fired back in self-defense.

Cops arrested the Seattle SuperSonics legend, 53, at 5:58 p.m. Pacific Time (8:58 p.m. EST), just hours after he was involved in an altercation between two vehicles near a shopping mall.

Shawn Kemp, a six-time NBA All-Star, is being held in Pierce County jail in connection with a drive-by shooting near the Tacoma Mall in Washington. On Wednesday, the Seattle SuperSonics legend, 53, was arrested by cops at 5:58 p.m. EST), just hours after being involved in an altercation involving two cars in a shopping mall parking lot. According to a police report, the altercation resulted in shots being fired in a parking lot in the 4500 block of South Steele Street, near the Courtesy Tire store.