A Houston youth baseball coach was nearly gunned down earlier this week while kneeling before God with his young players in a senseless crime.
As Fox News reported, a coach for the Texas Colts was in a pregame prayer with his players on Sunday when three people fired gunshots in their direction from a nearby pasture.
Video of the incident obtained by local news outlets shows the 12-year-old players running to safety while the bullets fly. One adult is struck and collapses to the ground next to home plate.
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Police said the 27-year-old coach was given medical treatment on the baseball field after being shot in the shoulder before being flown to a hospital via LifeFlight in stable condition. He was relased from the hospital hours later.
Houston Warriors founder Andy Baize revealed to KHOU-TV that the coach performed a heroic act after he was shot. He moved to his left in front of one of the children as the bullets continued to fly, potentially saving the little boy’s life.
“He literally took the bullet for a child that was to his left, and so thankfully we avoided a major disaster,” Baize said. “Still very, very emotional over it.”
The Waller County Sheriff’s Office said that Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, 23, Ahmad Mawed, 21, and Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah, 27, were arrested on felony charges of deadly conduct with a firearm. Each suspect is being held on $100,000 bond.
The owners of The Rac Katy claimed in a statement that the crime was a result of “recreational shooting on a nearby property.”
“People shoot on their land all the time. At the time, we were unaware of anything in season. Now that we have more information, we know that there were three individuals target practicing 600/700 yards away” they added.
But how “recreational shooting” resulted in a coach getting shot and little kids being put in danger is unclear.
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