Former NBA forward Shawn Kemp was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a drive-by shooting at a mall in Tacoma, Washington, authorities said.
Kemp, 53, a six-time all-star who played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers and Orlando Magic during his 14-year NBA career from 1989 to 2003, was booked into the Pierce County Jail after being arrested near the Tacoma Mall, KIRO-TV reported.
According to Pierce County online booking records, Kemp, 53, was charged with a felony count of drive-by shooting at about 5:58 p.m. PST.
In a Facebook post, the Tacoma Police Department said that an altercation between occupants of two vehicles near the Tacoma Mall led to shots being fired. No injuries were reported, and one of the cars fled the scene.
A gun was recovered, according to police.
A woman who recorded video at the scene told KIRO that a man in red was standing next to a Porsche, which the television station later confirmed belonged to Kemp.
“I was helping a customer and I heard a couple shots, and the mail lady was coming in and she said, ‘The guy in the red vest just shot somebody,’” Brandyn Payne told KIRO. “And then I ran over there and locked all my doors and started videotaping it.”
“I’m not saying it would be any better, but if it was like DUI or something of that nature, you kind of see it,” Robert, another witness who declined to give his last name, told the television station. “But like a drive-by shooting, Shawn Kemp -- he’s not shooting basketballs, right?”
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