Online jail records show Kemp was booked on a felony charge of drive-by shooting shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File) via Associated PressSEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp on Friday with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cell phone, saying that in a text message just before the shooting, Kemp wrote, “I’m about to shoot this (expletive).”Kemp was arrested after the shooting outside the Tacoma Mall on March 8. AdvertisementHowever, a probable cause statement by Tacoma police, filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Friday, did not indicate Kemp was shot at. But the video showed that he was armed with the weapon when he approached the parked Toyota 4Runner where he had tracked his phone. Kemp, who has two licensed cannabis stores in Seattle, was a six-time NBA all-star and played for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1989 to 1997.

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2023 23:48 UTC