Former U.S. player Shawn Kemp, an NBA star in the 1990s, was released Thursday without charges after being arrested for his involvement in a drive-by shooting.
As reported by the ‘ESP’ network website, the Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that it would not file charges immediately and that it was releasing the 53-year-old former Seattle Supersonics player, who had been booked by authorities on a felony charge of firing shots from a car in the town of Tacoma, without anyone being injured. Earlier, police had reported an altercation outside a shopping center between the occupants of two vehicles and that a gun had been recovered.
Meanwhile, Scott Boatman, Shawn Kemp’s attorney, reported in a statement sent to famed ‘ESPN’ reporter Adrian Wojnarowski that someone had broken into the former player’s car and stolen numerous items, including an iPhone. The six-time All-Star and 1996 NBA finalist with the Sonics was able to track him to a car from which he was shot at as he approached and which he responded to in self-defense.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
