What We Know About The Arrest Of Ex-NBA Star Shawn Kemp

CNN reports that the former NBA power forward Shawn Kemp was booked following his entanglement in what the Tacoma Police Department described as a “drive-by shooting” incident. In a tweet, law enforcement noted that an “altercation” occurred between the occupants of two separate vehicles, resulting in “shots being fired at a parking lot.” 

While no injuries were reported, police confirmed that a weapon was recovered in the area, and a “53-year-old male was booked,” later identified as Kemp. Sources close to the former athlete told FOX 13 News that Kemp fired shots in self-defense after having property stolen from his car earlier in the week. Kemp allegedly tracked his iPhone to nearby Tacoma, Washington, and was fired at while approaching the vehicle. 

Since his first bout of arrests, Kemp had already made valiant attempts to turn his life around, and he owes it all to fatherhood. In a 2022 interview with The Washington Post about his cannabis business, Kemp stated that having kids “made [him] grow up.” He added: “It always amazes me how some people can look at something as being so bad when it could change a person’s life around and make life so much better for them. If it wasn’t for my kids, man, I’d have probably been reckless as hell. I would’ve really been one reckless-ass dude.”

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