Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was temporarily arrested for firing a gun. He caught a thief and came under fire.
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the essentials in brief
- Shawn Kemp was temporarily arrested but later released from custody.
- The ex-NBA star confronted people who stole his phone from his car.
- He was then shot at, and he also fired his gun.
According to media reports, former basketball star Shawn Kemp has been temporarily arrested in the United States in connection with shooting. As his lawyer announced, the 53-year-old was able to leave Washington state on Wednesday without any conditions or charges after a while.
According to the police, there was an argument between “two parties in vehicles”. One of the drivers then fired several shots at the occupants of the other vehicle in the parking lot in front of a shopping center.
Attorney: Kemp fired in self-defense
According to his lawyer, an iPhone, among other things, was stolen from Kemp during a car break-in. When he located it in another car using the search function and spoke to the occupants of the vehicle, he was shot at. Kemp fired in self-defense and broke no law, the attorney said.
Kemp played in the North American basketball league for more than ten years from the late 1980s – longest for the Seattle SuperSonics. The power forward has been named to the NBA All-Star Team six times.
