The suspects are charged with deadly conduct in the weekend shooting at a baseball tournament in Katy, according to the Waller County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
KATY, Texas \u2014 Charges have been filed against three men in connection with a shooting on Sunday, September 21, at The Rac Katy on FM 2855. \u00a0<\/p>\n
A youth baseball coach from Houston is recovering after he was shot during a weekend baseball tournament\u00a0<\/a>there.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, 23, Ahmad Mawed, 21, and Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah, 27, were arrested on felony charges of deadly conduct with a firearm. A judge set their bonds at $100,000 each.<\/p>\n
Houston Warriors founder Andy Baize said the injured coach was saying a pregame prayer with their team.<\/p>\n \u201cHe literally took the bullet for a child that was to his left, and so thankfully we avoided a major disaster. Still very, very emotional over it,\u201d Baize told KHOU 11.<\/p>\n Baize said the coach was shot in the shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen he was struck by the bullet, his first reaction was to get down to the ground, cover his kids and get them to a safe space,\u201d Baize said.<\/p>\n Witnesses said someone used a belt as a tourniquet on the victim’s arm before first responders arrived. He was airlifted to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n The gunfire sent players, coaches and parents running for cover, but no one else was injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n Coaches told KHOU 11 News they could hear gunfire throughout the weekend at the complex, and gunshots could be heard during an online stream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n‘He literally took a bullet for a child’ <\/p>\n