TYRONE, Ga. — Former NBA participant Shannon Brown faces costs in suburban Atlanta after he was accused of firing a rifle at two individuals who had been houses on the market, police stated.
Brown, 34, was arrested on a cost of aggravated assault stemming from an incident Might 2 at his residence in Tyrone, Georgia. He’s free after he posted bond on Monday.
The previous Los Angeles Lakers guard and two-time NBA champion instructed police he thought the couple was making an attempt to interrupt into his residence, The Atlanta Journal-Structure reported.
The couple instructed police they had been within the space in search of houses and observed a “on the market” register entrance of Brown’s residence. They instructed investigators the entrance door was open and so they entered after yelling out their intentions to tour the house.
“They acknowledged that they heard a voice acknowledge them and as soon as inside, sooner or later, Mr. Brown got here from upstairs with a rifle and detained them,” stated Lt. Philip Nelson. ”Shortly thereafter he allow them to go and so they acknowledged he fired his rifle in direction of them as they had been leaving.”
Nobody was injured, Nelson stated. Investigators who responded discovered one empty shell casing on the scene.
Brown’s residence in Fayette County is listed on the market, police stated.
Brown, who shares a daughter with ex-wife R&B singer Monica, performed for a number of different NBA groups and at the moment performs in Ice Dice’s Big3 league, which options three-on-three groups.