Shawn Kemp arrested for drive-by shooting

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Strenuus]

Wut

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Ed O]

Rollin' in Tacoma, I could get burned...
(gunshots)
Better make a u-turn!

 

[Sedatedfork]

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

He got a weed shop here in Seattle

 

[BassPlaya]

Sad.

 

[Natebishop3]

Just another one of those Super Convicts.

 

[Shaboid]

He got a weed shop here in Seattle

Had a weed shop

 

[tlongII]

I think he’ll be in jail for a while.

 

[riverman]

This guy has been a train wreck all his life....this is just another chapter of more of the same shit. He's 53 going on 12. Some people never fucking grow up.

 

[Cugel]

sad. I lived in seattle in his heyday. so much talent.

 

[BassPlaya]

sad. I lived in seattle in his heyday. so much talent.

The original Man Child

 

[Whyachi]

let's be fair and wait until more facts come in. If he did try and shoot people, he needs to serve time.

 

[Strenuus]

let's be fair and wait until more facts come in. If he did try and shoot people, he needs to serve time.

While correct, drive by shootings are kinda hard to refute. Especially if he was arrested so quickly. (Dunno the time between shooting and arrest but the fact that it was on the same day doesn't bode well for there to be an alibi or whatnot)

 

[Sedatedfork]

 

[Propagandist]

How incredibly depressing...

(sidenote: I was just in Seattle and there is a huge Shawn Kemp dispensary with murals of his playing days [not the coked up Blazer days, but with the Sonics])

 

[Propagandist]

This is peak funny. wow.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Shawn Kemp booked into Pierce County Jail for drive-by shooting investigation


TACOMA, Wash. - Seattle SuperSonics legend Shawn Kemp was booked into the Pierce County Jail on Wednesday, FOX 13 News has learned. Sources close to Kemp say the shooting was in self-defense.

Kemp was booked into jail in connection with a drive-by shooting outside the Tacoma Mall.


The shooting call came into police just before 2 p.m. Shots were fired from a passing vehicle in the parking lot on the northeast side of the mall near the Courtesy Tire store.

Police said nobody was hurt in the shooting, and that the suspect initially identified as a 53-year-old man was detained at the scene.


Multiple sources confirm to FOX 13 News that Kemp is the suspect.

Sources close to Kemp told FOX 13's David Rose that he had property stolen from his car on Tuesday, tracked his iPhone to Tacoma on Wednesday and when he approached the vehicle, a suspect shot at him. He fired back in self-defense.

More information will be made available about the case on Thursday.

Kemp is a 6-time NBA All-Star. He was a first-round draft pick in the 1989 NBA draft.

From 1989 to 1997 he played 625 games with Seattle and helped the Sonics reach the NBA Finals in 1996.

Kemp was arrested in 2005 in Shoreline for investigation of drug possession and in 2006 in another drug investigation in Texas.

Since his retirement from professional basketball, Kemp has pursued multiple local business opportunities banking on his Sonics career.

He and his business partners are operating two locations in Seattle of Shawn Kemp's Cannabis.

The opening of the Belltown location marked the first black-owned marijuana dispensary in Seattle.

Kemp was also the owner of Oskar’s Kitchen, a sports bar in Lower Queen Anne, that shuttered in 2015.

In 2022, Kemp was part of the campaign to bring an NBA franchise back to Seattle, telling The Athletic he wouldn’t stop until the city got "the actual Sonics back."

https://www.q13fox.com/news/suspect-arrested-after-drive-by-shooting-in-tacoma-mall-parking-lot

 

[handiman]

Sources close to Kemp told FOX 13's David Rose that he had property stolen from his car on Tuesday, tracked his iPhone to Tacoma on Wednesday and when he approached the vehicle, a suspect shot at him. He fired back in self-defense.

Kids these days... Even the drive-by'ers can't be bothered to drive.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

 

[Fairly-Hard]

Maybe we should all hold judgement?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Maybe we should all hold judgement?

"Sources close to Kemp..."

Not surprising that Kemp's friends or agent or lawyer are saying he's the victim and even if true, that video of him firing a gun in a crowded mall parking lot is pretty damning.

It will be interesting to see if both parties are in jail or just Kemp.

 

[BlazerWookee]

"Sources close to Kemp..."

Not surprising that Kemp's friends or agent or lawyer are saying he's the victim and even if true, that video of him firing a gun in a crowded mall parking lot is pretty damning.

It will be interesting to see if both parties are in jail or just Kemp.

Didn't look to me like he was returning fire. The filmer's reaction to the gunshot leads me to believe Kemp's shot was the first and only one fired.

But that's just based on the two videos I've seen. I'd be curious to see if there is video surveillance in that parking lot...

 

[Strenuus]

"Sources close to Kemp..."

Not surprising that Kemp's friends or agent or lawyer are saying he's the victim and even if true, that video of him firing a gun in a crowded mall parking lot is pretty damning.

It will be interesting to see if both parties are in jail or just Kemp.

Also if it's self defense he sure didn't look like it after the shot. He just kinda stood there. Wasn't scared or trying to get away.

 

[wizenheimer]

didn't look like a 'drive-by' shooting.....looked like 'stand-around-in-a-parking-lot' shooting

 

[riverman]

Kemp is 53....he should know he could trace his phone and call the cops to deal with it. He didn't. Dumb fucking move by him.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Kemp is 53....he should know he could trace his phone and call the cops to deal with it. He didn't. Dumb fucking move by him.

I don't think the guy has 2 brain cells to rub together. The photo doesn't show any signs of hidden wits.