Arraignment is set for early next month for former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp, who's being charged in a March shooting at the Tacoma Mall. Kemp was charged Friday with one count of first-degree assault after firing shots in the mall's parking lot on March 8th. Police arrested him, but was later released pending further investigation. Shortly after the incident, Kemp's attorney announced that the basketball player's car was broken into and Kemp tracked his stolen iPhone to a car in the Tacoma Mall parking lot. According to court documents, Kemp approached an
However, Video-surveillance footage from a March shooting in the Tacoma Mall parking lot contradicts ex-Sonics star Shawn Kemp’s assertion he returned fire in self-defense as he tried to recover items stolen in an earlier car prowl, according to Pierce County prosecutors.
Kemp, 53, was charged Friday with first-degree assault, accused of shooting three rounds from a .357 revolver into a parked SUV after tracking a stolen cellphone to the vehicle, charging papers say. Prosecutors also charged a firearm enhancement which, if proven, would add a mandatory five years to any potential prison sentence.
Kemp is set to be arraigned on May 4th.
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