Former NBA Shawn Kemp star has given 30 days of domestic monitoring for the filming of the Washington parking lot
Tacoma, Wash. – The former NBA Shawn Kemp star was sentenced on Friday to 30 days of electronic monitoring of the house for shooting in two men inside a vehicle in a parking lot of the Washington State shopping center.
Kemp must start home monitoring within two weeks, according to what reported by Seattle Times. It must also serve a year of supervision of the State Corrections Department and complete 240 hours of service to the community.
Public ministries had recommended that the six times NBA All-Star was sentenced to nine months of prison, a year of supervision and return.
Judge Michael Schwartz of the Superior Court of County Pierce found that the circumstances surrounding the crime have justified a minor sentence, allowing Kemp to avoid detention.
Kemp looked at the ceiling and blew an air bellowing when Schwartz announced the sentence. So he repeatedly made the sign of the cross with his hand.
Kemp, who played for the Seattle Supersonics from 1989 to 1997, declared himself guilty of an accusation of attack in May as part of a plea bargain agreement.
Nobody was injured in the filming of March 2023.
Kemp said he acted for self -defense and that he returned the fire after one of the men shot him from inside their vehicle Toyota 4runner.
The defense also stated that the two Kemp men fired to resumption by stealing Kemp’s truck, his cell phone and memorabilia in Seattle. The judge agreed.
Using a telephone tracking app, Kemp identified and briefly tried to speak with the 4Runner driver who was shooting a parking lot for the casino, according to the test brief. Later the men in the vehicle unloaded some Kemp things but stayed on the phone, says the brief.
Kemp later he saw that his phone was close to the Tacoma Mall. He led there, identified the same 4runner and “expressed his understandable frustration” with the driver, according to the brief. The man on the rear seat “shot from a round from a gun to Mr. Kemp. Mr. Kemp returned the fire and tried to disable the Toyota. He did not work,” said the document.
The 4runner fled and when the vehicle was found abandoned days later, an empty foundy was found inside but there was no gun, according to the court documents.
After the hearing, Kemp said in an interview that “the last three years have been difficult”. He said he intends to be a supporter of armed violence, especially among young people.
“Think twice,” he said. “Think twice when you get angry. Think twice when you get a little angry.”
Several people have sent support letters to the court on behalf of Kemp. About 30 people participated in the hearing, including his pastor and former star of the NFL Marshawn Lynch.
Kemp made his debut in the NBA during the 1989-90 season by twenty-year-old who had never played university basketball. He also played for Cleveland, Portland and Orlando and was known for his dunk.