Former NBA Star Shawn Kemp Pleads Guilty To 2023 Tacoma Mall Shooting

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the 2023 Tacoma Mall shooting. This news comes as a shock to many fans and followers of Kemp, who enjoyed a successful career in the NBA.

It is a reminder that athletes, no matter how famous or accomplished, are not above the law. Kemp’s decision to plead guilty shows he’s taking responsibility for his unlawful actions.

Previously, he pleaded not guilty but I guess he’s realized he has make a u-turn and do the needful.

Kemp, who will be sentenced on August 22, changed his plea on Tuesday. He was initially charged with two counts of first-degree assault.

No one was injured, and Kemp’s lawyers insisted he returned fire in self defense after tracking and trying to retrieve a cellphone that had been stolen from him earlier that day.

However, a probable cause statement by Tacoma police did not indicate Kemp was shot at.

It said some of his statements were not corroborated by surveillance video, and that just 13 minutes before he arrived at the mall, he sent a text message saying, ‘I’m about to shoot this (expletive).’

The document said Kemp told police that after being shot at he went back to his own vehicle, parked several spots away, to get his own gun.

But the video showed that he was armed with the weapon when he approached the parked Toyota 4Runner where he had tracked his phone.

The statement said he fired three times into the Toyota and then threw his gun into some bushes.

The driver of the 4Runner appeared to duck one of the shots and eventually drove off, it said.

Only about five minutes elapsed from the time Kemp arrived until the time the 4Runner left.

The former NBA star is now facing legal consequences for his actions and will receive a sentencing that reflects the seriousness of the crime. No crime committed will go unpunished.

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