An 18-year-old Texas A&M–Texarkana baseball player was shot during a game Saturday, according to a Facebook statement by the Texarkana Police Department. The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. CT at George Dobson Field at Spring Lake Park while the player was standing in the bullpen area.
“It appears that he [was] struck by a stray bullet from some type of altercation in a nearby neighborhood to the west of the park,” according to the police statement.
The NAIA game against the University of Houston–Victoria was called, and the player subsequently underwent surgery. Later, the school announced that the unnamed player was in stable condition at Christus St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana.
