Shawn Kemp, a former NBA player, was sentenced in the shooting case
Shawn Kemp, a former Seattle SuperSonics All-Star, pleaded guilty to charges in a 2023 case and was ordered to complete 240 hours of community service and 30 days of electronic home monitoring.
In May of 2023, Kemp entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree assault related to a shooting outside a mall in Tacoma, Washington. On Friday, he received his sentence.
In addition to nine months in jail, prosecutors had requested a year of community custody, which is comparable to probation. The community service must be completed within the year that the community custody was given.
After his mobile phone, sports memorabilia, and other items were taken from his truck, Kemp acknowledged shooting at two individuals in a Toyota 4Runner. After connecting his phone to the Toyota 4Runner, he claimed that an occupant had fired on him and that he had shot the car in self-defense.
Kemp stated, “I should have used better discretion,” in Pierce County, Washington, court on Friday.
Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom, he expressed his excitement about promoting gun safety in the community. He said that rather than enforcing the law himself, he ought to have called the police.
“A simple call to cops probably could have handled this.”
The incident did not result in any injuries. According to the prosecution, they were able to track down four shots that Kemp fired, three of which struck the 4Runner and the fourth of which struck another car.
He had never been a criminal before.
Kemp played his first eight of his 14 NBA seasons in Seattle after being chosen by the SuperSonics in the first round of the 1989 NBA draft. Throughout his career, the “Reign Man” averaged 14.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game. From 1993 to 1998, he was selected to the All-Star team six times in a row.
