US EditionFormer NBA Star Shawn Kemp Gets 30 Days of Home Monitoring for Washington Parking Lot Shooting
Shawn Kemp pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for shooting at alleged thieves; prosecutors seek a nine-month jail term, while defense argues he poses no public threat.
- In May 2025, Shawn Kemp, a former NBA player, admitted guilt to second-degree assault related to a March 8, 2023, shooting incident at Tacoma Mall and received his sentence on Friday.
- The shooting resulted from Kemp tracking a stolen cellphone to the mall where he confronted occupants of an SUV before gunfire erupted between two groups.
- Kemp claimed he retreated and returned fire in self-defense, but police said surveillance video and witness accounts did not support his statements.
- Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of three to nine months with up to a year of community custody, while Kemp was sentenced to 30 days electronic home monitoring plus one year supervised release and 240 hours community service.
- The case marked Kemp's first violent crime charge, and the sentence avoiding jail limits his gun rights and may affect his cannabis business license.
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The former NBA star was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, but despite the lenient sentence, he faces a lawsuit.
Former Seattle Sonics, Trail Blazers star gets 30 days of home monitoring for Tacoma Mall shooting
TACOMA, Wash. — Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was sentenced Friday to 30 days of electronic home monitoring for shooting at two men inside a vehicle in a Washington state mall parking lot.
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The Seattle TimesShawn Kemp, former Seattle Sonics star, sentenced to home monitoring
TACOMA, Wash. — Shawn Kemp, who was one of the most popular athletes in Seattle in the 1990s when he played for the Sonics, was sentenced Friday in Pierce County Superior Court to 30 days of electronic home monitoring for…
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