Judge sentences former NBA star Shawn Kemp for shooting at stolen car in Tacoma

A Pierce District Judge, former NBA Seattle Supersonics star, the truck occupied by men occupied by the Tacoma shopping center outside the stolen car after being found guilty on Friday refused to sentence Shawn Kemp to give any prison sentence.

Michael Schwartz, the Supreme Judge Michael Schwartz, ordered Kemp to serve Kemp for 30 days of electronic home monitoring and 240 -hour community service, primarily for one -year community custody to serve in Tacoma and Pierce County.

Before delivering this sentence, Schwartz warned Kemp and told him that armed himself in these conditions could lead to the loss of innocent life. He said that the situation could be easily prevented by moving away.

“The property can be changed, not human life, Sch said Schwartz.

Kemp addressed the court before receiving his sentence and said that he took responsibility for Schwartz.

Im I should have used better discretion, Kem Kemp said. I apologize for what I do.

Schwartz’s decision, Kemp’s wife Marvena, former Seattle Seahawks player Marshawn Lynch, and for a long time friends, including about two dozen KEMP supporters gathered some quiet applause.

Kemp has two weeks on watching electronic houses or reports to Pierce County prison.

Prosecutors A high -level sentence is recommended Nine months imprisonment. No one was hurt in the incident, but the prosecutors argued that none of the men shot in Kemp were at least three times firing a pistol, and that they did not attempt to establish contact with the police after the intermediary was curtain in a Seattle concert venue.

However, Schwartz said prosecutors were not completely correct. He said that the fact that Kemp stated that he was shot was evidence and that conditional evidence supports him. This included an incident in Renton four months after the shooting, when a man shot from Dajuan Jackson, one of the men of Kemp, at a gas station, which Jackson had accidentally believed to be Kemp. Jackson is now sentenced to more than seven years of imprisonment.

The supervision of the shootings and mobile phone videos were presented by prosecutors during the hearing, and in a change with Schwartz, Deputy Lawyer Thomas Howe said that the most interesting thing about videos is that Kemp did not protect or move at any point.

“I recommend it to the court, as I said, at least I know you’re looking at the video of the shooting video,” he said. “There is no way to shoot the man who fires these shots at first.”

In a criminal memorandum, Deputy Prosecutor’s Office Sean Plunkett accused Kemp of creating a dangerous situation for the shrubs that Plunkett said when he threw his loaded and fiery weapons into the bushes.

However, for Kemp, lawyers said he did not want to approach the law enforcement officers who responded while armed. The Defense said Kemp had fired the “immediately” gun and placed it in a bush. Kemp also claimed that one of the men had not fired him until he fired a pistol.

Lawyer Tim Leary wrote that Kemp was a beloved symbol of a beloved community since his retirement to defend the larger community than the NBA in a court on Wednesday. He pointed out that the men, whom he said to have provoked this ordeal, had dozens of criminal convictions. Leary said that public disdain and shame is heavy on Kemp.

“This penalty takes much longer than any prison sentence, Leary said Leary.

55 -year -old Kemp Arrested by Tacoma Police In the afternoon of March 8, 2023, he fired and launched the next day when prosecutors demanded more investigations. Later Accused of first -degree attack With a firearm and prosecutors, shortly before the trial of the trial, they added a first -degree attack and driving shot.

Kemp accepted in a defense agreement Confuse the second -degree attack For a reduced fee, he also removed firearms development that could add 10 years to his sentence.

40 -year -old Jackson sued Kemp and sought harm for emotional distress. The Stafford Creek Correction Center is sentenced to prison and his lawyer applied for a court this week. Jackson, who was left in the criminal case, asked Kemp to pay the cost of medical treatment while imprisoned.

Jackson wrote in a statement that the victim influence presented to the court was a victim of an aggravated attack with firearms.

“The attack by Mr. Kemp regularly (Sic) has night terrorism,” Jackson wrote. “I fight every day to find a sense of decision, peace and even normality.”

About two dozen letters were sent to the court supporting Kemp. They came from a senior center where youth programs, churches and Kemp volunteered. Pension from NBAAnother former Seattle Supersonics player Detleb Schremepf is an 11 -year -old boy who says Kemp appears for his own children and Kemp’s children like him.

Letter writers did not excuse Kemp’s actions, but he said that this was an error and asked Kemp to give the opportunity to maintain his commitment to the communities in Seattle and Tacoma regions.

Four people during the hearing to support Kemp, his wife, personal lawyer William Scott Boatman; Washington’s president and CEO Back Black Alliance, Paula Sardinas; and Rise Up Academy’s founder and CEO Rev. Paul Stoot Jr.

“He regrets it,” Marvena Kemp said from her husband. “It was stressed.”

Boatman said that he has been a close friend, lawyer and partner of Kemp for the last 30 years and that he knew him as a family man who does not pay attention to his good work. Kemp was once too late to get on a bus, was fined $ 10,000 while playing in the NBA, which was because Kemp did not sign a signature for children.

Boatman said, “Unintentionally, a week after making this guilty objection, he was talking to children about the violence of arms,” ​​Boatman said. “Even if you’re scared, about making smart choices, even if you’re at a bad point, you should make a smart choice.”

Kemp’s message to children: ‘Think twice’.

After the court postponed, Kemp spoke to the news reporters in the courtroom, he said that the last few years were difficult for him, but he was looking forward to going out in the community to do some jobs. Kemp said he was an advocate for gun safety and asked the children if he had a message, he thought twice.

“Think twice when you get angry, Kem Kemp said. “Think twice when you’re upset. Find the second thought in your mind to control your behavior.”

When he was asked whether he was disappointed in the justice system because he was a victim of a crime of property, Kemp did not underestimate his actions. He said that he wished him to make a better decision and that a simple phone call could possibly address the situation.

Editor’s Note: An previous version of this story, Kemp’s community service has been wrongly reported.