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Arrests Made After Texas Coach Shot During Pre-Game Prayer

Three men fired from a nearby pasture during a youth baseball pregame prayer, injuring a coach who shielded children; suspects face felony charges and hold $100,000 bonds.

  • On Sunday, three men opened fire from a neighboring pasture at the Ameripark youth baseball field in Katy, Texas, striking the youth baseball coach in the shoulder during a pregame prayer; he was airlifted for treatment and later released as players and families scrambled for cover.
  • Police concluded the shots came from nearby target practice, finding shooters on a neighboring pasture firing toward baseball fields roughly 600 yards away while engaging in illegal hunting.
  • DHS said on Friday that Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah, 27, and Ahmad Mawed, 21, admitted under the Biden administration, face felony charges and are held on $100,000 bond each.
  • Andy Baize said the coach shielded children and was struck while protecting a child, and the Rac Katy leadership paused all games pending law enforcement review.
  • The episode has divided commentators between claims of target shooting and concerns about religiously motivated violence, following Gov. Greg Abbott's signing this month of a law banning Sharia law in Texas.
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The Daily Wire broke the news in Nashville, United States on Friday, September 26, 2025.
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